sails@1.5.8 captains-log dependency introduces ReDoS Vulnerability

[kconut]

Node version: 16
Sails version (sails): 1.5.8

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We're encountering the following security finding for our sails application:

Issues with no direct upgrade or patch:
  ✗ Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) [High Severity][https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ANSIREGEX-1583908] in ansi-regex@2.1.1
    introduced by sails@1.5.8 > captains-log@2.0.4 > chalk@1.1.3 > has-ansi@2.0.0 > ansi-regex@2.1.1 and 3 other path(s)
  This issue was fixed in versions: 3.0.1, 4.1.1, 5.0.1, 6.0.1

Is there any plan to update the chalk version for captains-log?

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[DominusKelvin]

Hey @kconut thanks for reporting, we will have a look into resolving this. :)

[eashaw]

Hi @kconut, for some reason, this vulnerability is not showing up in npm audit reports. Would you happen to have any idea why that is? Where did your security finding come from?

[kconut]

Hi @kconut, for some reason, this vulnerability is not showing up in npm audit reports. Would you happen to have any idea why that is? Where did your security finding come from?

Hi @eashaw, thank you for looking into this!

We have Snyk integrated into our pipeline for static code analysis and dependency scanning, and the vulnerability on ansi-regex only started showing up in our scans roughly 3 weeks ago.

Additional information from the generated report file:

Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)
Package Manager: npm
Vulnerable module: ansi-regex
Introduced through: sails@1.5.8 and others

Detailed paths
Introduced through: sails@1.5.8 › captains-log@2.0.4 › chalk@1.1.3 › has-ansi@2.0.0 › ansi-regex@2.1.1
Introduced through: sails@1.5.8 › sails-generate@2.0.8 › chalk@1.1.3 › has-ansi@2.0.0 › ansi-regex@2.1.1
Introduced through: sails@1.5.8 › whelk@6.0.1 › chalk@1.1.3 › has-ansi@2.0.0 › ansi-regex@2.1.1
Introduced through: sails@1.5.8 › sails-generate@2.0.8 › reportback@2.0.2 › captains-log@2.0.4 › chalk@1.1.3 › has-ansi@2.0.0 › ansi-regex@2.1.1

Remediation
Upgrade ansi-regex to version 3.0.1, 4.1.1, 5.0.1, 6.0.1 or higher.

Also providing here the attached references regarding the finding:
GitHub Commit
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[mikermcneil]

@kconut Publishing patches now!