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[DepShield] (CVSS 7.4) Vulnerability due to usage of lodash.sortby:4.7.0

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript, react

Research direction

Start by inspecting the dependency declarations and lockfile for the react-scripts 5.0.0 dependency chain through workbox-webpack-plugin, workbox-build, source-map, and whatwg-url. Confirm how lodash.sortby 4.7.0 is resolved and verify that the completed dependency update removes the reported CWE-471 vulnerability.

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Description

Vulnerabilities

DepShield reports that this application's usage of lodash.sortby:4.7.0 results in the following vulnerability(s):


Occurrences

lodash.sortby:4.7.0 is a transitive dependency introduced by the following direct dependency(s):

• react-scripts:5.0.0
        └─ workbox-webpack-plugin:6.4.2
              └─ workbox-build:6.4.2
                    └─ source-map:0.8.0-beta.0
                          └─ whatwg-url:7.1.0
                                └─ lodash.sortby:4.7.0

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