Fix various security issues reported by npm audit

[thomashohn]

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Fix various security issues reported by npm audit

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npm audit

Teachability, documentation, adoption, migration strategy

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What is the motivation / use case for changing the behavior?

Lower attach surface and enhance secuirty

[kamilmysliwiec]

#3280

[amrsalama]

@kamilmysliwiec But should not v11 (the current Major release) be supported and patched?
Even if v12 introduces the fixes, migrating to it won't be that easy for all teams depending on Nest

[thomashohn]

I did a follow up where the package.json file was updated too:
#3281 - I believe that could/should be merged