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Fix dependency alert batch: pin js-yaml for gray-matter and ws for webpack-bundle-analyzer - #9

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Motivation

  • Reduce remaining Dependabot alerts with minimal, dependency-only changes by pinning problematic transitive packages used by Docusaurus toolchain.
  • Keep site content, layout, routes, markdown, and workflow Node settings unchanged while fixing nested vulnerable versions.

Description

  • Added targeted overrides in package.json to force gray-matter to use js-yaml@4.1.1 and webpack-bundle-analyzer to use ws@8.18.2.
  • Updated package-lock.json to remove the nested js-yaml@3.14.1 under gray-matter and to replace the top-level ws@7.5.10 entry with ws@8.18.2, and to pin webpack-bundle-analyzer to reference ws@8.18.2.
  • Changes were limited to package.json and package-lock.json only and do not modify site content or Docusaurus configuration.
  • Avoided risky major upgrades; other alerted packages (for example older ajv and yaml instances nested under other deps) were left untouched to preserve compatibility.

Testing

  • Ran npm ci, which failed in this environment due to the registry being blocked by an outbound proxy (npm registry requests returned 403 Forbidden).
  • Ran npm run build, which completed successfully and produced the Docusaurus static site ([SUCCESS] Generated static files in "build").
  • Ran an offline npm audit --package-lock-only --json during verification which reported no vulnerabilities for the installed lockfile snapshot in offline mode.

Fixed alerts in this batch:

  • js-yaml: removed nested 3.14.1 under gray-matter in favor of 4.1.1.
  • ws: replaced 7.5.10 with 8.18.2 and updated webpack-bundle-analyzer to reference it.

Remaining / intentionally unresolved:

  • ajv older copies that remain nested under various loaders and plugins.
  • yaml@1.10.2 present under older cosmiconfig paths and similar transitive locations.

The changes are restricted to dependency metadata and the regenerated lockfile to address the targeted alerts without altering site behavior.


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WPISabaGanji merged commit 42b770b into dev Jun 10, 2026
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