[DepShield] (CVSS 5.3) Vulnerability due to usage of kind-of:3.2.2

Vulnerabilities

DepShield reports that this application's usage of kind-of:3.2.2 results in the following vulnerability(s):

• (CVSS 5.3) CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Occurrences

kind-of:3.2.2 is a transitive dependency introduced by the following direct dependency(s):

• react-scripts:3.4.1
        └─ @svgr/webpack:4.3.3
              └─ @svgr/plugin-svgo:4.3.1
                    └─ merge-deep:3.0.2
                          └─ clone-deep:0.2.4
                                └─ kind-of:3.2.2
                          └─ kind-of:3.2.2
        └─ webpack:4.42.0
              └─ micromatch:3.1.10
                    └─ braces:2.3.2
                          └─ fill-range:4.0.0
                                └─ is-number:3.0.0
                                      └─ kind-of:3.2.2
                          └─ snapdragon-node:2.1.1
                                └─ snapdragon-util:3.0.1
                                      └─ kind-of:3.2.2
                    └─ snapdragon:0.8.2
                          └─ base:0.11.2
                                └─ cache-base:1.0.1
                                      └─ to-object-path:0.3.0
                                            └─ kind-of:3.2.2
                                └─ class-utils:0.3.6
                                      └─ static-extend:0.1.2
                                            └─ object-copy:0.1.0
                                                  └─ kind-of:3.2.2
                          └─ define-property:0.2.5
                                └─ is-descriptor:0.1.6
                                      └─ is-accessor-descriptor:0.1.6
                                            └─ kind-of:3.2.2
                                      └─ is-data-descriptor:0.1.4
                                            └─ kind-of:3.2.2

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The issue identifies kind-of:3.2.2 as a transitive dependency through react-scripts:3.4.1 and several webpack-related packages. Start by tracing that dependency chain and reviewing available upgrades; done means the vulnerable dependency is no longer present and the security check is clear.