Dependency security scan results + actionable upgrade path (OWASP project)

I ran a dependency scan on Commitizen while looking at tools that are commonly used in developer and release workflows.

For context, I’m the maintainer of an OWASP-adopted CLI called [CVE Lite CLI](https://github.com/OWASP/cve-lite-cli). It focuses on scanning lockfiles locally and surfacing actionable fixes rather than just listing advisories.

The CLI uses the existing `package-lock.json`, so no setup or API keys are needed.

What stood out:

* 48 findings in total
* includes critical and multiple high severity issues
* some vulnerabilities are in **direct dependencies**, not just transitive ones
* a few issues have clear upgrade paths, others are harder to resolve

The tool was able to suggest a concrete fix plan:

```bash
npm install minimist@1.2.6 lodash@4.18.0 semver@7.5.2 @octokit/request@5.6.3 npm@10.9.6 @babel/traverse@7.23.6
```

A couple of examples:

* `minimist@1.2.5` has a **critical vulnerability**, fix available at `1.2.6`
* `lodash@4.17.21` requires upgrading beyond the advisory hint (validated safe version is `4.18.0`)
* `semver` shows up in multiple vulnerable versions across the tree

One thing I found interesting is that advisory “fixed versions” are not always reliable. In a few cases, versions marked as fixed were still vulnerable, so the safe upgrade required additional validation.

CVE Lite CLI also has a [GitHub Action](https://github.com/marketplace/actions/cve-lite-cli), so this kind of scan can run locally during development or in CI as a lightweight dependency security check.

I’m not raising this as a strict issue to fix everything, more sharing the findings and the approach. Since `Commitizen` is used directly in developer workflows, this felt like a useful data point.

For reference, here’s a snapshot of the report view highlighting the findings and suggested fix paths:

Curious how you currently think about dependency security here, whether this kind of pre-release/local check would be useful alongside existing tooling.

Happy to share more details if helpful.