[DepShield] (CVSS 7.5) Vulnerability due to usage of yargs-parser:10.1.0

Vulnerabilities

DepShield reports that this application's usage of yargs-parser:10.1.0 results in the following vulnerability(s):

• (CVSS 7.5) CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion')
• (CVSS 7.5) [CVE-2020-7608] yargs-parser could be tricked into adding or modifying properties of Object.prot...

Occurrences

yargs-parser:10.1.0 is a transitive dependency introduced by the following direct dependency(s):

• react-scripts:2.1.3
        └─ webpack-dev-server:3.1.14
              └─ yargs:12.0.2
                    └─ yargs-parser:10.1.0

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The issue identifies a transitive dependency chain from react-scripts through webpack-dev-server and yargs to yargs-parser 10.1.0. Start by inspecting the project's dependency manifest and lockfile to trace that chain and determine the available upgrade path. Done means the vulnerable yargs-parser version is no longer installed and the application's existing checks still pass.