chore(deps): override vulnerable minimatch 3.x to 3.1.5 (ReDoS fixes)

[cliffhall]

Summary

Adds a version-targeted npm override in the root package.json so that only the vulnerable minimatch 3.x line is bumped, resolving the HIGH-severity ReDoS advisories.

"overrides": {
  "get-intrinsic": "1.3.0",
  "minimatch@<3.1.4": "3.1.5"
}

The minimatch@<3.1.4 selector scopes the override to the old 3.x line only. The healthy minimatch 9.x and 10.x instances elsewhere in the tree are left completely untouched (never forced down).

Verification

npm ls minimatch --all after the change:

• 6x minimatch@3.1.5 (all former 3.1.2 consumers now deduped to 3.1.5)
• 1x minimatch@9.0.9 — untouched
• 1x minimatch@10.2.5 — untouched
• No minimatch < 3.1.4 remains

The lockfile change is minimal — only the single hoisted node_modules/minimatch entry moves from 3.1.2 to 3.1.5. npm ci installs cleanly against the committed lockfile.

Checks

• npx prettier --check . — pass
• npm run check-version — pass
• cd client && npm run lint — pass
• cd client && npm test — pass (535 tests)
• cd cli && npm test — pass (85 tests)
• npm run build — pass
• e2e (e2e_tests.yml) — skipped (requires Playwright browser download)

Resolves Dependabot alerts #69, #66, #61
Part of #1706

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[cliffhall]

@claude review — security dependency fix adding a targeted minimatch override (3.x → 3.1.5, part of #1706). Verify it resolves the ReDoS advisories, leaves 9.x/10.x untouched, and nothing is broken. Flag anything actionable.

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Review: minimatch 3.x → 3.1.5 security override

• Read PR diff (package.json + lockfile)
• Verify override selector scopes to 3.x only
• Confirm 9.x / 10.x instances untouched
• Verify 3.1.5 resolves the ReDoS advisories
• Check nothing is broken

Verdict: LGTM. The override is correctly scoped, the advisories are fully resolved, and nothing in the tree is broken. Details below.

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The selector is precise — not just "good enough"

I ran npm audit against a minimatch@3.1.2 lockfile to get the authoritative advisory ranges. There are three ReDoS advisories in play:

GHSA	Description	Vulnerable range
GHSA-3ppc-4f35-3m26	ReDoS via repeated wildcards w/ non-matching literal	<3.1.3
GHSA-7r86-cg39-jmmj	matchOne() combinatorial backtracking (non-adjacent GLOBSTARs)	<3.1.3
GHSA-23c5-xmqv-rm74	Nested *() extglobs → catastrophic backtracking	<3.1.4

The aggregate vulnerable range is <3.1.4, and npm's recommended fix is 3.1.5. So the selector minimatch@<3.1.4 → 3.1.5 matches the vulnerable range exactly: it bumps 3.1.2/3.1.3 (vulnerable) to 3.1.5, and correctly leaves 3.1.4+ alone since 3.1.4 already patches all three. No robustness gap here — good choice.

9.x / 10.x left untouched ✓

Confirmed directly in the lockfile:

• @typescript-eslint/.../minimatch → 9.0.9 (unchanged)
• rimraf/node_modules/minimatch → 10.2.5 (unchanged)
• hoisted node_modules/minimatch → 3.1.2 → 3.1.5 (the only change in the diff)
• serve-handler/node_modules/minimatch → 3.1.5 (already 3.1.5 on main, now consistent with the hoisted copy)

Version + integrity verified against the registry ✓

• 3.1.3/3.1.4/3.1.5 are real backport releases published 2026-02-22 → 2026-02-25 specifically for the 3.x line; 3.1.5 is the latest 3.x.
• Lockfile integrity sha512-VgjWUsnn…8g8hQ== matches npm view minimatch@3.1.5 dist.integrity exactly.

Nothing broken ✓

3.1.5 is a patch release over 3.1.2: same brace-expansion@^1.1.7 dependency, engines.node: "*", no public API changes. The lockfile diff is minimal (+3/-3) and serve-handler's dependency edge resolves cleanly to the bumped copy.

Minor / non-blocking

• The three advisory GHSA IDs above are worth pasting into the PR description alongside the Dependabot alert numbers — makes the security scope self-documenting for future readers.
• Since network wasn't available to run npm ci/build here, I relied on the registry + lockfile inspection rather than a fresh install; the author's reported npm ci + build/test runs cover that gap.

No actionable defects found.
• deps/security-minimatch

[cliffhall]

Superseded by #1718, which regenerates the lockfile with version-targeted overrides so every transitive copy is patched (npm wouldn't apply these overrides to the existing lockfile minimally, leaving residual vulnerable copies). js-yaml (#1713) was already resolved on main. See #1718 for the verified ALL-CLEAN result. Part of #1706.