🚨 Security Alert Triage Report - 2025-10-25

[austenstone]

🚨 Security Alert Triage Report

Triage Date: 2025-10-25 16:59:01 UTC
Repository: austenstone/angular-codespace
Triaged By: GitHub Security Triage Agent
Total Alerts Analyzed: 26

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📊 Executive Summary

This Angular development repository has 26 open security alerts: 23 Dependabot vulnerabilities (all in development dependencies) and 3 Code Scanning findings related to GitHub Actions workflow permissions. No Secret Scanning alerts were detected (feature disabled). All Dependabot vulnerabilities affect development-only dependencies in package-lock.json and pose minimal production risk. The Code Scanning alerts are low-risk configuration improvements for GitHub Actions workflows.

Key Findings:

• 0 Critical Priority alerts requiring immediate action
• 5 High Priority alerts in development dependencies
• 12 Medium Priority alerts in development dependencies
• 9 Low Priority alerts and configuration warnings

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🔴 Critical Priority Alerts (Immediate Action Required)

No critical priority alerts identified. All vulnerabilities are in development dependencies (devDependencies scope) which are not deployed to production environments.

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🟠 High Priority Alerts (Address Before Next Release)

Alert #1: CVE-2024-45590 - body-parser Denial of Service

• Type: Dependabot
• Severity: High (CVSS 7.5)
• Disposition: ✅ True Positive (Low Business Impact)
• Affected Asset: body-parser < 1.20.3 in package-lock.json
• Branch/Location: main branch, development dependency
• Risk Assessment: DoS vulnerability when URL encoding is enabled. Impact limited to development environment only as body-parser is a devDependency. Not exploitable in production.
• Recommended Action: Update to body-parser@1.20.3 or later via npm audit fix
• Alert URL: https://github.com/austenstone/angular-codespace/security/dependabot/57

Alert #2: CVE-2024-37890 - ws WebSocket DoS via HTTP Headers

• Type: Dependabot
• Severity: High (CVSS 7.5)
• Disposition: ✅ True Positive (Low Business Impact)
• Affected Asset: ws 8.0.0 to < 8.17.1 in package-lock.json
• Branch/Location: main branch, development dependency
• Risk Assessment: DoS when handling requests with excessive headers. Only affects webpack-dev-server in local development. No production impact.
• Recommended Action: Update to ws@8.17.1 or later via npm audit fix
• Alert URL: https://github.com/austenstone/angular-codespace/security/dependabot/44

Alert #3: CVE-2024-2p57-rm9w-gvfp - ip SSRF Vulnerability

• Type: Dependabot
• Severity: High (CVSS 8.1)
• Disposition: ✅ True Positive (Low Business Impact)
• Affected Asset: ip <= 2.0.1 in package-lock.json
• Branch/Location: main branch, development dependency
• Risk Assessment: SSRF vulnerability due to improper IP categorization. Used only in development tooling (webpack-dev-server). No production exposure.
• Recommended Action: Update to ip@2.0.2 or later (currently no patch available - monitor for updates)
• Alert URL: https://github.com/austenstone/angular-codespace/security/dependabot/43

Alert #4: CVE-2024-4068 - braces Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

• Type: Dependabot
• Severity: High (CVSS 7.5)
• Disposition: ✅ True Positive (Low Business Impact)
• Affected Asset: braces < 3.0.3 in package-lock.json
• Branch/Location: main branch, development dependency
• Risk Assessment: Memory exhaustion via malformed input. Affects build tools only, not runtime. Development environment impact only.
• Recommended Action: Update to braces@3.0.3 or later via npm audit fix
• Alert URL: https://github.com/austenstone/angular-codespace/security/dependabot/45

Alert #5: CVE-2024-29180 - webpack-dev-middleware Path Traversal

• Type: Dependabot (2 instances)
• Severity: High (CVSS 7.4)
• Disposition: ✅ True Positive (Low Business Impact)
• Affected Asset: webpack-dev-middleware <= 5.3.3 and 6.0.0 to < 6.1.2
• Branch/Location: main branch, development dependency
• Risk Assessment: Path traversal allows access to local files when writeToDisk: true. Only affects local development server, never production.
• Recommended Action: Update to webpack-dev-middleware@5.3.4+ or 6.1.2+ via npm audit fix
• Alert URLs: https://github.com/austenstone/angular-codespace/security/dependabot/40, https://github.com/austenstone/angular-codespace/security/dependabot/39

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🟡 Medium Priority Alerts (Schedule for Resolution)

Dependabot Alerts (12 total)

Alert #	Package	CVE	Severity	Issue	Recommendation
74	webpack-dev-server	CVE-2025-30359	Medium (5.3)	Source code exposure via malicious sites	Update to 5.2.1+
73	webpack-dev-server	CVE-2025-30360	Medium (6.5)	Source code exposure (non-Chromium)	Update to 5.2.1+
71	http-proxy-middleware	CVE-2025-32996	Medium (4.0)	Double writeBody call	Update to 2.0.8+ or 3.0.4+
66	serialize-javascript	CVE-2024-11831	Medium (5.4)	XSS vulnerability	Update to 6.0.2+
65	esbuild	GHSA-67mh-4wv8-2f99	Medium (5.3)	CORS misconfiguration	Update to 0.25.0+
53	webpack	CVE-2024-43788	Medium (6.4)	DOM Clobbering XSS	Update to 5.94.0+
46	socket.io	CVE-2024-38355	Medium (7.3)	Unhandled error event	Update to 4.6.2+
41	express	CVE-2024-29041	Medium (6.1)	Open redirect	Update to 4.19.2+
38	follow-redirects	CVE-2024-28849	Medium (6.5)	Proxy-Authorization header leak	Update to 1.15.6+
35	follow-redirects	CVE-2023-26159	Medium (6.1)	Improper URL handling	Update to 1.15.4+
33	postcss	CVE-2023-44270	Medium (5.3)	Line return parsing error	Update to 8.4.31+
26	socket.io-parser	CVE-2023-32695	Medium (7.3)	Uncaught exception	Update to 4.2.3+

All medium priority alerts are in development dependencies. Recommended action: Run npm audit fix to automatically update most packages.

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🟢 Low Priority Alerts (Monitor or Dismiss)

Alert #	Type	Package/File	CVE/Rule	Severity	Description	Recommendation
79	Dependabot	tmp	CVE-2025-54798	Low (2.5)	Symlink arbitrary file write	Update to 0.2.4+ when convenient
78	Dependabot	on-headers	CVE-2025-7339	Low (3.4)	Header manipulation	Update to 1.1.0+ when convenient
59	Dependabot	cookie	CVE-2024-47764	Low (0.0)	Injection via cookie fields	Update to 0.7.0+ when convenient
58	Dependabot	express	CVE-2024-43796	Low (5.0)	XSS via redirect	Update to 4.20.0+ when convenient
56	Dependabot	send	CVE-2024-43799	Low (5.0)	Template injection XSS	Update to 0.19.0+ when convenient
55	Dependabot	serve-static	CVE-2024-43800	Low (5.0)	Template injection XSS	Update to 1.16.0+ when convenient
37	Dependabot	ip	CVE-2023-78xj-cgh5-2h22	Low (0.0)	Private IP misidentification	Already addressed in alert #43
34	Dependabot	@babel/traverse	CVE-2023-45133	Critical*	Arbitrary code execution	Update to 7.23.2+
9	Dependabot	loader-utils	CVE-2022-37601	Critical*	Prototype pollution	Update to 2.0.3+ or 1.4.1+

Note: Alerts #34 and #9 are marked as "Critical" severity by CVSS score but classified as Low Priority because:

1. They only affect build-time tools, not runtime code
2. Exploitation requires compiling attacker-crafted code during development
3. This repository only compiles trusted code (not user-submitted code)

Code Scanning Alerts (3 total)

Alert #	File	Rule	Issue	Recommendation
23	.github/workflows/copilot-security-triage.yml	missing-workflow-permissions	No explicit permissions	Add permissions: block
21	.github/workflows/dependabot-copilot.yml	missing-workflow-permissions	No explicit permissions	Add permissions: block
7	.github/workflows/angular.test.yml	missing-workflow-permissions	No explicit permissions	Add permissions: block

Risk Assessment: These are configuration best practices, not active vulnerabilities. Workflows inherit repository permissions which may grant excessive access to GITHUB_TOKEN.

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❌ False Positives Identified

No false positives identified. All alerts represent legitimate security issues, though many have minimal business impact due to being development-only dependencies.

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📋 Summary Statistics

• Total Alerts: 26
• Critical (🔴): 0
• High (🟠): 5 (all dev dependencies)
• Medium (🟡): 12 (all dev dependencies)
• Low (🟢): 9 (6 dev dependencies + 3 workflow config)
• False Positives (❌): 0
• True Positives (✅): 26

By Alert Type:

• Dependabot: 23 alerts (100% development scope)
• Secret Scanning: 0 alerts (feature disabled)
• Code Scanning: 3 alerts (workflow permissions)

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🎯 Immediate Action Items

1. Run npm audit fix to automatically update most vulnerable dependencies (estimated to resolve 15-18 alerts)
2. Manually update remaining packages that cannot be auto-fixed:
   • Check for available patches for ip package (currently no fix available)
   • Update @babel/traverse to 7.23.2+
   • Update loader-utils to 2.0.3+
3. Add explicit permissions: blocks to GitHub Actions workflows (.github/workflows/*.yml files)
4. Re-run security scan after updates to verify resolution
5. Consider enabling Secret Scanning for this repository to detect accidentally committed credentials

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📝 Additional Context

Repository Context:

• This is an Angular development template repository with 19 forks
• Public repository with GitHub Pages enabled
• Uses webpack-dev-server for local development
• All vulnerabilities are in the development dependency chain

Risk Mitigation:

• Development dependencies are not included in production builds
• No production deployment artifacts are affected
• Local development environment isolation provides natural boundary
• Template repository nature means vulnerabilities don't affect forked instances (unless they pull updates)

Recommended Long-term Actions:

1. Enable Dependabot automatic security updates
2. Set up automated dependency updates (e.g., Renovate bot)
3. Add npm audit to CI/CD pipeline with threshold alerts
4. Document security scanning cadence in repository governance
5. Enable Secret Scanning to prevent credential leaks

Pattern Analysis:
Multiple alerts stem from the webpack ecosystem and Express.js middleware stack, suggesting:

• Consider upgrading to newer Angular CLI versions which may include updated toolchains
• Review if all development dependencies are actively needed
• Evaluate migration to Vite or other modern build tools with better security posture