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JavaScript Vulnerability?

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
security

Research direction

Start by inspecting assets/package-lock.json and the dependency warning shown on the issue. Confirm which dependency is vulnerable and whether the intended resolution is updating it or removing JavaScript; done means the chosen approach is documented and the warning no longer appears.

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Description

bug chore help wanted

When I view this repo/project (while logged-in to GH) I see the following warning:
javascript-vulnerability

"We found a potential security vulnerability in one of your dependencies.
A dependency defined in assets/package-lock.json has known security vulnerabilities and should be updated."

While this project is not written in JavaScript it still uses JS ...
we either need to have a process for updating the "vulnerable" JS 🔢
or (my preference) eliminate JS from the project. 🔪

Dominant language
Elixir
Stars
33
Forks
3
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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