[Snyk] Upgrade react-scripts from 4.0.1 to 4.0.3

[nejidevelops]

Snyk has created this PR to upgrade react-scripts from 4.0.1 to 4.0.3.

ℹ️ Keep your dependencies up-to-date. This makes it easier to fix existing vulnerabilities and to more quickly identify and fix newly disclosed vulnerabilities when they affect your project.

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• The recommended version is 2 versions ahead of your current version.

• The recommended version was released 4 years ago.

Issues fixed by the recommended upgrade:

	Issue	Score	Exploit Maturity
	Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification) SNYK-JS-BODYPARSER-7926860	105	No Known Exploit
	Prototype Pollution SNYK-JS-IMMER-1019369	105	Proof of Concept
	Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF) SNYK-JS-IP-6240864	105	Proof of Concept
	Improper Handling of Extra Parameters SNYK-JS-FOLLOWREDIRECTS-6141137	105	Proof of Concept
	Prototype Pollution SNYK-JS-ASYNC-2441827	105	Proof of Concept
	Improper Input Validation SNYK-JS-URLPARSE-2407770	105	Proof of Concept
	Remote Memory Exposure SNYK-JS-DNSPACKET-1293563	105	No Known Exploit
	Cross-site Scripting (XSS) SNYK-JS-COOKIE-8163060	105	No Known Exploit
	Information Exposure SNYK-JS-EVENTSOURCE-2823375	105	Proof of Concept
	Command Injection SNYK-JS-REACTDEVUTILS-1083268	105	Proof of Concept
	Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) SNYK-JS-PATHTOREGEXP-7925106	105	Proof of Concept
	Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) SNYK-JS-PATHTOREGEXP-8482416	105	Proof of Concept
	Open Redirect SNYK-JS-EXPRESS-6474509	105	No Known Exploit
	Cross-site Scripting SNYK-JS-EXPRESS-7926867	105	No Known Exploit
	Information Exposure SNYK-JS-FOLLOWREDIRECTS-2332181	105	Proof of Concept
	Information Exposure SNYK-JS-FOLLOWREDIRECTS-6444610	105	Proof of Concept
	Improper Input Validation SNYK-JS-URLPARSE-1078283	105	No Known Exploit
	Open Redirect SNYK-JS-URLPARSE-1533425	105	Proof of Concept
	Access Restriction Bypass SNYK-JS-URLPARSE-2401205	105	Proof of Concept
	Authorization Bypass SNYK-JS-URLPARSE-2407759	105	Proof of Concept
	Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key SNYK-JS-URLPARSE-2412697	105	Proof of Concept
	Cross-site Scripting SNYK-JS-SEND-7926862	105	No Known Exploit
	Cross-site Scripting SNYK-JS-SERVESTATIC-7926865	105	No Known Exploit
	Information Exposure SNYK-JS-FOLLOWREDIRECTS-2396346	105	No Known Exploit
	Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs SNYK-JS-BABELTRAVERSE-5962462	105	Proof of Concept

Release notes

Package name: react-scripts

• 4.0.3 - 2021-02-22
• 4.0.2 - 2021-02-03
• 4.0.1 - 2020-11-23

from react-scripts GitHub release notes

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[gemini-code-assist]

Hello @nejidevelops, I'm Gemini Code Assist¹! I'm currently reviewing this pull request and will post my feedback shortly. In the meantime, here's a summary to help you and other reviewers quickly get up to speed!

Summary of Changes

Hello team, gemini-code-assist here to provide a summary of this pull request. This PR was automatically generated by Snyk to address several security vulnerabilities by upgrading the react-scripts dependency from version 4.0.1 to 4.0.3. The upgrade targets multiple high, medium, low, and critical severity issues found in transitive dependencies of react-scripts, including vulnerabilities related to Prototype Pollution, SSRF, ReDoS, and more. The changes involve a simple version bump in the package.json file.

Highlights

• Dependency Upgrade: Upgrades the react-scripts package from version 4.0.1 to 4.0.3.
• Security Vulnerability Fixes: This upgrade is intended to fix a significant number of security vulnerabilities identified by Snyk, including critical, high, medium, and low severity issues in underlying dependencies.

Changelog

• package.json
  • Updated the react-scripts dependency version from 4.0.1 to 4.0.3 (line 8).

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Code Review

This Snyk PR proposes an upgrade of react-scripts from 4.0.1 to 4.0.3. This is a positive step as it aims to address a list of security vulnerabilities, including one critical issue (SNYK-JS-BABELTRAVERSE-5962462) and several high-severity ones, as detailed in the PR description.

The change itself in package.json is straightforward. My main feedback revolves around two key points:

1. The age of the target version (4.0.3), while an improvement over 4.0.1, is still part of an older major version line of react-scripts.
2. The critical importance of thorough testing for any dependency upgrade.

Summary of Findings

• Security Vulnerability Remediation: The upgrade to [email protected] is beneficial as it addresses multiple security vulnerabilities, including critical and high-severity issues, as identified by Snyk.
• Outdated Target Dependency Version: [email protected], while an improvement, was released in early 2021. The project remains on an older major version (4.x.x) while 5.x.x is stable. It is recommended to plan a migration to [email protected] for better long-term security, maintainability, and features. (Severity: Medium)
• Necessity of Thorough Testing: All dependency upgrades, including minor version bumps like this one, require thorough testing (automated tests, build verification, manual QA) to ensure application stability and prevent regressions. This is a critical step before merging. (Severity: High - Process Requirement)

Merge Readiness

This pull request represents a positive incremental improvement by addressing known security vulnerabilities in react-scripts. However, before merging, the following points should be carefully considered:

1. Critical Need for Testing (High Priority): It is imperative that this change is thoroughly tested. This includes ensuring all existing automated tests pass, the application builds successfully, and manual QA confirms no regressions in functionality. Dependency updates can sometimes have subtle side effects.

2. Strategic Dependency Management (Medium Priority): While 4.0.3 is better than 4.0.1, react-scripts 4.x is an old version. I strongly recommend that the team discusses and plans a future upgrade to [email protected]. This will provide more robust security and keep the project aligned with current React ecosystem standards.

Given the critical need for testing and the strategic recommendation for a more substantial future upgrade, I am setting the review status to REQUEST_CHANGES. This is primarily to ensure that the testing aspect is explicitly confirmed and that the team acknowledges and discusses the plan for moving to a more current version of react-scripts. If a full upgrade to 5.x.x is not immediately feasible, this PR can be merged once thorough testing is completed and confirmed.

Please note that I am not authorized to approve pull requests; this review provides feedback for the maintainers to consider.

[gemini-code-assist]

Upgrading react-scripts to 4.0.3 is a good step for addressing the listed vulnerabilities. However, it's important to consider the broader context of this dependency:

• Version Age: [email protected] was released in February 2021. While this PR fixes specific issues, version 4.x is an older major release. The current stable major version is 5.x.x.

• Recommendation for Further Upgrade: Could the team evaluate and plan an upgrade to [email protected] in the near future? Migrating to a more current version would provide more comprehensive security updates, bug fixes, performance improvements, and access to newer features, aligning the project with more recent React development practices.

• Thorough Testing Essential: Even for this minor version bump from 4.0.1 to 4.0.3, please ensure comprehensive testing is performed. This includes running all automated tests (e.g., npm test), verifying the build process (npm run build), and conducting manual quality assurance to catch any potential regressions or unexpected side effects.

If an upgrade to [email protected] is a larger effort that cannot be undertaken immediately, merging this PR (after successful testing) is a valuable incremental improvement.