Dependency Resolution: org.apache.maven:maven-artifact resolving org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils

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1-2 days
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Issue type
Bug
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Mostly clear
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Quiet
Tech stack
java

Research direction

Inspect pom.xml lines 105-109 and run the reported dependencyInsight command for org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils. Trace why org.apache.maven:maven-artifact is present, determine whether it is needed at runtime, and document or implement the supported version-resolution approach for consumers.

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Description

Our vulnerability scanner is flagging a vulnerability in org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils, and it looks like it is being pulled in transitively via this library.

https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith-java-client/blob/main/pom.xml#L105-L109

> ./gradlew :dependencyInsight --dependency org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils --configuration compileClasspath
org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils:3.2.1
\--- org.apache.maven:maven-artifact:3.6.3
     +--- compileClasspath (requested org.apache.maven:maven-artifact:{strictly 3.6.3})
     \--- com.flagsmith:flagsmith-java-client:8.1.1
          +--- compileClasspath

Two questions:

  1. Is this library required for run time?
  2. Is the expectation that consumers pin this version to a newer one?

I also suspect its flagging what is possibly a false positive, but of course, since the scanner flags it people are complaining.

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