Upgrade flat to 5.0.1 - autoclosed

[seanneumann]

flat helps flatten/unflatten nested Javascript objects. A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in hughsk flat up to 5.0.0. This affects the function unflatten of the file index.js. The manipulation leads to improperly controlled modification of object prototype attributes ('prototype pollution'). It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 5.0.1 can address this issue. The name of the patch is 20ef0ef55dfa028caddaedbcb33efbdb04d18e13. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-216777 was assigned to this vulnerability.

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in hughsk flat up to 5.0.0. This affects the function unflatten of the file index.js. The manipulation leads to improperly controlled modification of object prototype attributes ('prototype pollution'). It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 5.0.1 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 20ef0ef55dfa028caddaedbcb33efbdb04d18e13. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-216777 was assigned to this vulnerability.

https://www.npmjs.com/package/flat/v/5.0.1

[seanneumann]

@AbhishekReddy1127 Can you handle this while you're oncall? Thanks!

[AbhishekReddy1127]

OpenSearch-Dashboards/yarn.lock

Lines 8559 to 8562 in e9485f6

	flat@^5.0.2:
	version "5.0.2"
	resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/flat/-/flat-5.0.2.tgz#8ca6fe332069ffa9d324c327198c598259ceb241"
	integrity sha512-b6suED+5/3rTpUBdG1gupIl8MPFCAMA0QXwmljLhvCUKcUvdE4gWky9zpuGCcXHOsz4J9wPGNWq6OKpmIzz3hQ==

@seanneumann I see we already have flat 5.0.2, which should already fix the security vulnerability.

[mend-for-github.aaakk.us.kg]

✔️ This issue was automatically closed by Mend because the vulnerable library in the specific branch(es) was either marked as ignored or it is no longer part of the Mend inventory.