fast-xml-parser regex vulnerability patch could be improved from a safety perspective

Description

This is a comment on https://github.com/NaturalIntelligence/fast-xml-parser/security/advisories/GHSA-6w63-h3fj-q4vw and the patches fixing it.

Recommendation

Update the fast-xml-parser package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): = 4.2.4
• Patched version(s): 4.2.5

References

• GHSA-gpv5-7x3g-ghjv

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Tags:

npm

fast-xml-parser