`webpack-dev-server` has a CVE
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### Pre-flight checklist
- [x] I have read the [contribution documentation](https://github.com/electron/forge/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) for this project.
- [x] I agree to follow the [code of conduct](https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) that this project uses.
- [x] I have searched the issue tracker for a bug that matches the one I want to file, without success.
### Forge version
7.10.2
### Electron version
39.2.6
### Operating system
macOS 26.1
### Last known working Forge version
_No response_
### Expected behavior
When running an audit, one discovers that `webpack-dev-server` up until version 5.2.0 are vulnerable:
```
Package: webpack-dev-server
Version(s) <=5.2.0
webpack-dev-server users' source code may be stolen when they access a malicious web site with non-Chromium based browser (Severity: moderate)
URL: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9jgg-88mc-972h
```
While this is possibly less relevant in most cases, it might be an easy fix to just update `webpack-dev-server`. Link to advisory: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9jgg-88mc-972h
### Actual behavior
I don't know if there are any weird inconsistencies when updating the dependency, and unfortunately have little time to test this out myself, that's why I opened this issue rather than proposing a PR outright, which I can't test properly
### Steps to reproduce
run `npm audit` on a `package.json` that includes somewhere a vulnerable version of `webpack-dev-server`.
### Additional information
I couldn't find a `SECURITY` file. Also, since I believe this to be benign and the advisory is already a few months old, I decided that opening a public issue is probably not too critical.
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