[DepShield] (CVSS 7.4) Vulnerability due to usage of ini:1.3.7

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Vulnerabilities

DepShield reports that this application's usage of ini:1.3.7 results in the following vulnerability(s):

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

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Occurrences

ini:1.3.7 is a transitive dependency introduced by the following direct dependency(s):

• nodemon-webpack-plugin:4.5.2         └─ nodemon:2.0.7               └─ update-notifier:4.1.3                     └─ is-installed-globally:0.3.2                           └─ global-dirs:2.1.0                                 └─ ini:1.3.7

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Micro-Learning Topic: Modification of Assumed-Immutable Data (MAID) (CWE 471)

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The software does not properly protect an assumed-immutable element from being modified by an attacker.

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