go-difflib library v1.0.0 reached End Of Life

[vlbarou]

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Viper Version

1.19.0

Go Version

1.22.4

Config Source

Defaults

Format

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Repl.it link

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Code reproducing the issue

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Expected Behavior

Latest version depends on EOL library go.mod: github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0, which raises security concerns

Actual Behavior

An easy way to check, is to download the master branch and do a grep -r go-difflib. The output is the following:

go.mod: github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
go.sum:github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
go.sum:github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
remote/go.sum:github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
remote/go.sum:github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 h1:Jamvg5psRIccs7FGNTlIRMkT8wgtp5eCXdBlqhYGL6U=
remote/go.sum:github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=

Steps To Reproduce

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Additional Information

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