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Snyk has created this PR to fix 6 vulnerabilities in the yarn dependencies of this project.

Snyk changed the following file(s):

  • plugins/github-issues/package.json

Note for zero-installs users

If you are using the Yarn feature zero-installs that was introduced in Yarn V2, note that this PR does not update the .yarn/cache/ directory meaning this code cannot be pulled and immediately developed on as one would expect for a zero-install project - you will need to run yarn to update the contents of the ./yarn/cache directory.
If you are not using zero-install you can ignore this as your flow should likely be unchanged.

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Failed to update the yarn.lock, please update manually before merging.

Vulnerabilities that will be fixed with an upgrade:

Issue Score
medium severity Directory Traversal
SNYK-JS-TAR-15032660
  149  
high severity UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
SNYK-JS-BACKSTAGEBACKENDPLUGINAPI-15054291
  112  
medium severity Prototype Pollution
SNYK-JS-LODASH-15053838
  87  
medium severity Prototype Pollution
SNYK-JS-LODASHES-15053836
  87  
medium severity Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)
SNYK-JS-DIFF-14917201
  61  
medium severity Uncontrolled Recursion
SNYK-JS-ESLINT-15102420
  45  

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Summary of Changes

Hello @q1blue, I'm Gemini Code Assist1! I'm currently reviewing this pull request and will post my feedback shortly. In the meantime, here's a summary to help you and other reviewers quickly get up to speed!

This pull request, automatically generated by Snyk, aims to enhance the security posture of the project by updating key @backstage dependencies within the plugins/github-issues module. These updates are specifically targeted at resolving six identified vulnerabilities, ranging from medium to high severity, thereby mitigating potential security risks such as directory traversal, prototype pollution, and symlink following.

Highlights

  • Dependency Updates: The pull request updates three @backstage dependencies in plugins/github-issues/package.json: @backstage/core-components to 0.8.6, @backstage/integration to 0.1.0, and @backstage/plugin-catalog-react to 0.0.1. These were previously set to workspace:^.
  • Vulnerability Fixes: This PR addresses 6 security vulnerabilities identified by Snyk. These include a high-severity UNIX Symbolic Link Following issue, and medium-severity issues such as Directory Traversal, Prototype Pollution (two instances), Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS), and Uncontrolled Recursion.
  • Automated Remediation: The changes were automatically generated by Snyk to remediate the identified security risks within the project's dependencies.
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This pull request from Snyk aims to fix security vulnerabilities by pinning several Backstage dependencies to specific, older versions. This approach is fundamentally incorrect for a monorepo using workspace:^ dependencies. It replaces workspace linking with hardcoded, outdated package versions, which will almost certainly lead to build failures or runtime errors due to API mismatches. The correct way to resolve these vulnerabilities is to update the dependencies at the monorepo level and regenerate the lockfile. I've added a critical comment with a suggestion to revert these changes. This PR should not be merged in its current state.

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"@backstage/core-components": "0.8.6",
"@backstage/core-plugin-api": "workspace:^",
"@backstage/errors": "workspace:^",
"@backstage/integration": "workspace:^",
"@backstage/plugin-catalog-react": "workspace:^",
"@backstage/integration": "0.1.0",
"@backstage/plugin-catalog-react": "0.0.1",

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Pinning these dependencies to old, specific versions instead of using workspace:^ is incorrect for this monorepo setup. This change will likely break the application because it forces the use of outdated packages instead of the local versions from the workspace, leading to API incompatibilities and other issues. For example, @backstage/core-components is being downgraded to 0.8.6 while the workspace version is 0.13.4-next.0.

To properly fix the security vulnerabilities, you should update the underlying dependencies across the entire monorepo and regenerate the yarn.lock file. This automated change should be rejected.

    "@backstage/core-components": "workspace:^",
    "@backstage/core-plugin-api": "workspace:^",
    "@backstage/errors": "workspace:^",
    "@backstage/integration": "workspace:^",
    "@backstage/plugin-catalog-react": "workspace:^"

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Addedreact@​17.0.21001007897100
Addedstorybook-dark-mode@​1.1.29910010080100
Addedswc-loader@​0.2.31001009285100
Addedreact-hot-loader@​4.13.19710010085100
Addedtypescript@​4.7.410010010010080
Addedreact-dom@​17.0.21001009098100

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License policy violation: npm polished under OFL-1.1

License: OFL-1.1 - the applicable license policy does not allow this license (4) (package/docs/assets/fonts/LICENSE.txt)

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License policy violation: npm typescript under W3C-20150513

License: W3C-20150513 - the applicable license policy does not allow this license (4) (package/ThirdPartyNoticeText.txt)

License: CC-BY-4.0 - the applicable license policy does not allow this license (4) (package/ThirdPartyNoticeText.txt)

License: LicenseRef-W3C-Community-Final-Specification-Agreement - the applicable license policy does not allow this license (4) (package/ThirdPartyNoticeText.txt)

License: MIT-Khronos-old - the applicable license policy does not allow this license (4) (package/ThirdPartyNoticeText.txt)

From: storybook/package.jsonnpm/typescript@4.7.4

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