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Removed ecosystem_specific field

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Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
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Domain
security

Research direction

Review advisory GHSA-3f63-hfp8-52jq and the change around February 13 that removed its ecosystem_specific field. Compare the remaining vulnerability description with the prior field content; done means documenting why the field was removed and whether the missing function details should be restored.

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Description

Why was the ecosystem_specific field with the vulnerable functions described removed?
For example, GHSA-3f63-hfp8-52jq had this field with the described eval function, on February 13 the ecosystem_specific field was removed. But in the vulnerability description itself, information about this function is present

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