[Snyk] Fix for 2 vulnerabilities

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Snyk has created this PR to fix 2 vulnerabilities in the yarn dependencies of this project.

Snyk changed the following file(s):

• plugins/stack-overflow/package.json

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Failed to update the yarn.lock, please update manually before merging.

Vulnerabilities that will be fixed with an upgrade:

	Issue	Score
	Directory Traversal SNYK-JS-TAR-15127355	127
	Uncontrolled Recursion SNYK-JS-ESLINT-15102420	45

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EntelligenceAI PR Summary

This PR transitions the Stack Overflow plugin from workspace protocol dependencies to explicit version pinning for Backstage packages.

• Updated @backstage/config from workspace:^ to 0.1.1
• Updated @backstage/theme from workspace:^ to 0.1.1
• Updated @backstage/core-plugin-api from workspace:^ to 0.1.0
• Updated @backstage/plugin-search-react from workspace:^ to 0.1.0
• Changes affect dependency resolution strategy and version synchronization in the monorepo

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Summary of Changes

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This pull request aims to enhance the security posture of the plugins/stack-overflow component by resolving two identified medium-severity vulnerabilities. It achieves this by updating several core @backstage dependencies to their patched versions, ensuring the project benefits from the latest security fixes.

Highlights

• Addresses Critical Security Vulnerabilities: This pull request, automatically generated by Snyk, resolves two medium-severity vulnerabilities: 'Directory Traversal' (SNYK-JS-TAR-15127355) and 'Uncontrolled Recursion' (SNYK-JS-ESLINT-15102420), enhancing the project's security.
• Dependency Version Upgrades: To mitigate the identified vulnerabilities, several @backstage dependencies within plugins/stack-overflow/package.json have been upgraded to specific versions, including @backstage/config to 0.1.1, @backstage/core-plugin-api to 0.1.0, @backstage/plugin-search-react to 0.1.0, and @backstage/theme to 0.1.1.

Changelog

• plugins/stack-overflow/package.json
  • Updated @backstage/config dependency from workspace:^ to 0.1.1.
  • Updated @backstage/core-plugin-api dependency from workspace:^ to 0.1.0.
  • Updated @backstage/plugin-search-react dependency from workspace:^ to 0.1.0.
  • Updated @backstage/theme dependency from workspace:^ to 0.1.1.

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• This pull request was automatically created by Snyk to address identified security vulnerabilities.
• Snyk reported a warning that the yarn.lock file failed to update and requires manual intervention before merging.

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Walkthrough

This PR updates the dependency management strategy for the Stack Overflow plugin by replacing workspace protocol references with explicit semantic version pinning. Four Backstage packages are affected: @backstage/config and @backstage/theme are pinned to version 0.1.1, while @backstage/core-plugin-api and @backstage/plugin-search-react are pinned to version 0.1.0. This change transitions from monorepo workspace dependency resolution to fixed version dependencies, which may affect how dependencies are synchronized and managed across the monorepo structure.

Changes

File(s)	Summary
plugins/stack-overflow/package.json	Replaced workspace protocol references (workspace:^) with explicit semantic versions for four Backstage dependencies: @backstage/config and @backstage/theme pinned to 0.1.1, @backstage/core-plugin-api and @backstage/plugin-search-react pinned to 0.1.0.

Sequence Diagram

This diagram shows the interactions between components:

sequenceDiagram
    participant Dev as Developer
    participant PM as Package Manager
    participant Registry as NPM Registry
    participant Plugin as Stack Overflow Plugin

    Dev->>PM: Run npm/yarn install
    PM->>Plugin: Read package.json
    Note over Plugin: Dependencies now specify<br/>fixed versions instead of<br/>workspace protocol
    
    alt Dependency uses workspace protocol
        PM->>PM: Resolve from local workspace
    else Dependency uses fixed version
        PM->>Registry: Fetch @backstage/config@0.1.1
        Registry-->>PM: Return package
        PM->>Registry: Fetch @backstage/core-plugin-api@0.1.0
        Registry-->>PM: Return package
        PM->>Registry: Fetch @backstage/plugin-search-react@0.1.0
        Registry-->>PM: Return package
        PM->>Registry: Fetch @backstage/theme@0.1.1
        Registry-->>PM: Return package
    end
    
    PM->>Plugin: Install dependencies
    PM-->>Dev: Installation complete
    
    Note over Dev,Plugin: Plugin now uses fixed versions<br/>from registry instead of<br/>local workspace packages

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Code Review

This pull request, automatically generated by Snyk, attempts to fix two security vulnerabilities by pinning several @backstage dependencies to very old, specific versions. This approach is incorrect and dangerous for a monorepo using Yarn workspaces. It downgrades critical packages, which will likely break the application and violates the intended dependency management strategy. The PR also notes that it failed to update the yarn.lock file, which is another major issue.

I have left a critical review comment on plugins/stack-overflow/package.json explaining why these changes should be rejected and proposing the correct solution: using Yarn's resolutions feature in the root package.json to enforce secure versions of the vulnerable transitive dependencies (tar and eslint). This will resolve the security issues without introducing breaking changes to your project's dependencies.

[gemini-code-assist]

These changes incorrectly attempt to fix security vulnerabilities by downgrading @backstage packages to very old versions. This will likely break the application and goes against the monorepo's workspace:^ dependency strategy.

The correct way to fix these transitive dependency vulnerabilities (tar and eslint) is to use Yarn's resolutions feature in the root package.json. This allows you to force specific, secure versions of these packages across the entire project without breaking your internal dependencies.

For example, add this to your root package.json and run yarn install:

"resolutions": {
  "tar": "^6.2.1",
  "eslint": "^8.57.0"
}

I've suggested reverting these changes. Please close this PR and apply the fix using resolutions.

    "@backstage/config": "workspace:^",
    "@backstage/core-components": "workspace:^",
    "@backstage/core-plugin-api": "workspace:^",
    "@backstage/plugin-home-react": "workspace:^",
    "@backstage/plugin-search-common": "workspace:^",
    "@backstage/plugin-search-react": "workspace:^",
    "@backstage/theme": "workspace:^"