Audit vulnerabilities detected in the createhash project on Tag: v1.2.0

**Issue**: We detected vulnerable dependencies in your project by using the command “npm audit”:
#### npm audit report

trim-newlines <3.0.1 || =4.0.0
Severity: high
Regular Expression Denial of Service - https://npmjs.com/advisories/1753
fix available via `npm audit fix`
node_modules/trim-newlines
meow 3.4.0 - 5.0.0
Depends on vulnerable versions of trim-newlines
node_modules/meow

2 high severity vulnerabilities

To address all issues, run:
npm audit fix

**Questions**: We are conducting a research study on vulnerable dependencies in open-source JS projects. We are curious:
1. Will you fix the vulnerabilities mentioned above? (Yes/No), and why?:
2. Do you have any additional comments? (If so, please write it down):

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**Description**: Many popular NPM packages have been found vulnerable and may carry significant risks [1]. Developers are recommended to monitor and avoid the vulnerable versions of the library. The vulnerabilities have been identified and reported by other developers, and their descriptions are available in the npm registry [2].

**Steps to reproduce**:
- Go to the root folder of the project where the package.json file located
- Execute “npm audit”
- Look at the list of vulnerabilities reported

**Suggested Solution**: Npm has introduced the “npm audit fix” command to fix the vulnerabilities. Execute the command to apply remediation to the dependency tree.

**References**:
2019. 10 npm Security Best Practices. https://snyk.io/blog/ten-npm-security-best-practices/.
2021. npm-audit. https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v7/commands/npm-audit.

Start in the project root at package.json and run npm audit to confirm the reported trim-newlines and meow dependency vulnerabilities. Apply the suggested dependency remediation, then rerun npm audit; done means the reported high-severity vulnerabilities are resolved without breaking the project.

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