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webpack-dev-server <3.11.0 and protractor <7 contains a low severity vulnerability due to one of its dependencies (yargs-parser)

See: https://npmjs.com/advisories/1500

Fixes #17642

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webpack-dev-server <3.11.0 and protractor <7 contains a low severity vulnerability due to one of its dependencies (yargs-parser)

See: https://npmjs.com/advisories/1500

Fixes #17642
webpack-dev-server <3.11.0 and protractor <7 contains a low severity vulnerability due to one of its dependencies (yargs-parser)

See: https://npmjs.com/advisories/1500

Fixes #17642
@alan-agius4 alan-agius4 added the target: rc This PR is targeted for the next release-candidate label May 14, 2020
Protractor `elementExplorer` debugger and element explorer cannot be used for Node.js 8+ since it relied on `_debugger` module.

In protractor version 5, this resulted in the below error:
```
** Angular Live Development Server is listening on localhost:4200, open your browser on http://localhost:4200/ **
: Compiled successfully.
[10:25:35] I/direct - Using ChromeDriver directly...
[10:25:37] I/protractor -
[10:25:37] I/protractor - ------- Element Explorer -------
[10:25:37] I/protractor - Starting WebDriver debugger in a child process. Element Explorer is still beta, please report issues at github.com/angular/protractor
[10:25:37] I/protractor -
[10:25:37] I/protractor - Type <tab> to see a list of locator strategies.
[10:25:37] I/protractor - Use the `list` helper function to find elements by strategy:
[10:25:37] I/protractor -   e.g., list(by.binding('')) gets all bindings.
[10:25:37] I/protractor -
***********************************************************
* WARNING: _debugger module not available on Node.js 8    *
* and higher.                                             *
*                                                         *
* Use 'debugger' keyword instead:                       *
* https://goo.gl/MvWqFh                                   *
***********************************************************
/Users/alanagius/cli-repos/demo-several/node_modules/protractor/built/debugger/debuggerCommons.js:14
  throw e;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module '_debugger'
Require stack:
- /Users/alanagius/cli-repos/demo-several/node_modules/protractor/built/debugger/debuggerCommons.js
- /Users/alanagius/cli-repos/demo-several/node_modules/protractor/built/debugger/clients/explorer.js
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:980:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:862:27)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1042:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:77:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/alanagius/cli-repos/demo-several/node_modules/protractor/built/debugger/debuggerCommons.js:3:18)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1156:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1176:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1000:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:899:14)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1042:19) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [
    '/Users/alanagius/cli-repos/demo-several/node_modules/protractor/built/debugger/debuggerCommons.js',
    '/Users/alanagius/cli-repos/demo-several/node_modules/protractor/built/debugger/clients/explorer.js'
  ]
}
```

but in protractor version 7, this logic was removed
@alan-agius4 alan-agius4 requested a review from clydin May 14, 2020 10:47
@alan-agius4 alan-agius4 added the action: merge The PR is ready for merge by the caretaker label May 14, 2020
@filipesilva filipesilva merged commit 595d7c9 into angular:9.1.x May 15, 2020
@alan-agius4 alan-agius4 deleted the security-fix-yargs-parsers branch May 15, 2020 14:01
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