[DepShield] (CVSS 7.4) Vulnerability due to usage of ini:1.3.5

Vulnerabilities

DepShield reports that this application's usage of ini:1.3.5 results in the following vulnerability(s):

• (CVSS 7.4) CWE-471: Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID)

Occurrences

ini:1.3.5 is a transitive dependency introduced by the following direct dependency(s):

• gulp:4.0.2
        └─ glob-watcher:5.0.3
              └─ chokidar:2.1.8
                    └─ fsevents:1.2.12
                          └─ node-pre-gyp:0.14.0
                                └─ rc:1.2.8
                                      └─ ini:1.3.5
        └─ gulp-cli:2.2.0
              └─ liftoff:3.1.0
                    └─ findup-sync:3.0.0
                          └─ resolve-dir:1.0.1
                                └─ global-modules:1.0.0
                                      └─ global-prefix:1.0.2
                                            └─ ini:1.3.5

• gulp-imagemin:7.1.0
        └─ imagemin-gifsicle:7.0.0
              └─ gifsicle:5.0.0
                    └─ bin-build:3.0.0
                          └─ download:6.2.5
                                └─ caw:2.0.1
                                      └─ get-proxy:2.1.0
                                            └─ npm-conf:1.1.3
                                                  └─ config-chain:1.1.12
                                                        └─ ini:1.3.5

• nodemon:2.0.2
        └─ update-notifier:2.5.0
              └─ is-installed-globally:0.1.0
                    └─ global-dirs:0.1.1
                          └─ ini:1.3.5
              └─ latest-version:3.1.0
                    └─ package-json:4.0.1
                          └─ registry-auth-token:3.4.0
                                └─ rc:1.2.8
                                      └─ ini:1.3.5

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Start by tracing the listed direct dependencies—gulp, gulp-imagemin, and nodemon—to locate the dependency manifest and lockfile entries that bring in ini:1.3.5. Done means the dependency tree no longer resolves to the vulnerable ini version and the project's dependency checks still pass.