Check third-party packages for known security vulnerabilities, review dependency versions and lock files, and plan updates or replacements. The skill also guides automated scanning in CI, the pipeline that runs project checks.
Use when reviewing a project's security posture, setting up CI pipelines, or responding to a reported vulnerability in a dependency.
This skill checks third-party packages for known vulnerabilities and helps update, patch, or replace affected dependencies. Alongside running pnpm audit or npm audit, it reviews package.json and lock files for version ranges that are not pinned and packages that are no longer maintained. Indirect dependencies are included in the review, so the check also covers packages brought into the project through other packages.
Use it for checks before a production release, responding to dependency vulnerability reports, or setting up automated scanning in CI. It also covers treating critical and high severity findings as reasons to block a release, and keeping lock files under version control.
package.json.”The audit uses pnpm audit or npm audit. GitHub Dependabot and Snyk are listed as options for automated scanning.
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Third-party packages are the most common attack surface in modern web applications. The 2021 Log4Shell incident, the 2022 node-ipc supply-chain attack, and countless npm package hijackings demonstrate that a single vulnerable transitive dependency can compromise every application that depends on it. Automated, continuous scanning drastically reduces the window between a CVE being published and your team being aware of it.
Check the project's dependencies for known security vulnerabilities using the package manager audit command.
Upgrade, patch, or replace vulnerable dependencies and configure automated scanning in the CI pipeline.
Explain how supply-chain attacks work and why dependency auditing is a critical part of modern application security.
Review the lock file and package.json for unpinned version ranges, abandoned packages, and any packages flagged in recent CVE databases.
For full implementation details, code examples, and framework-specific guidance,
see references/rule.md.
Rule page: https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/security/dependency-audit
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