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Security checkJanuary 11, 2023

Removal of functional code in faker.js

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Description

Faker.js helps users create large amounts of data for testing and development. The maintainer deliberately removed the functional code from this package. This appears to be a purposeful and successful attempt to make the package unusable. This is related to the colors.js CVE-2021-23567.

Recommendation

No fix is available yet. Followings are affected versions:

  • = 6.6.6

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