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chore(deps): bump browserslist from 4.25.4 to 4.28.9 - #34

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Bumps browserslist from 4.25.4 to 4.28.9.

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4.28.9

4.28.8

  • Fixed including kaios in baseline queries (by @​Jaybhade).

4.28.7

4.28.6

4.28.5

4.28.4

  • Fixed SyntaxError regression of 4.28.3.

4.28.3

  • Fixed baseline query case-insensitivity (by @​swwind).

4.28.2

4.28.1

  • Removed Baseline warning since we have it own warning.

4.27.0

  • Added BROWSERSLIST_TRACE_WARNING environment variable.

4.26.3

4.26.2

  • Fixed baseline-browser-mapping version requirement.

4.26.1

  • Updated Firefox ESR.

4.26.0

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4.28.9

4.28.8

  • Fixed including kaios in baseline queries (by @​Jaybhade).

4.28.7

4.28.6

4.28.5

4.28.4

  • Fixed SyntaxError regression of 4.28.3.

4.28.3

  • Fixed baseline query case-insensitivity (by @​swwind).

4.28.2

4.28.1

  • Removed Baseline warning since we have it own warning.

4.48.0

4.27.0

  • Added BROWSERSLIST_TRACE_WARNING environment variable.

4.26.3

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Bumps [browserslist](https://github.com/browserslist/browserslist) from 4.25.4 to 4.28.9.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/browserslist/browserslist/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/browserslist/browserslist/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](browserslist/browserslist@4.25.4...4.28.9)

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updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: browserslist
  dependency-version: 4.28.9
  dependency-type: indirect
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Summary

Bumps browserslist 4.25.4 -> 4.28.9, resolving GHSA-73wf-gq98-2v4g (high: uncaught crash / prototype write in normalizeStats() when parsing an untrusted browserslist-stats.json). Pulls the accompanying data-package updates (caniuse-lite, electron-to-chromium, node-releases, update-browserslist-db 1.3.2) and the new baseline-browser-mapping dependency. Lockfile/PnP-cache only; no source or manifest changes.

Risks

Low.

  • Not exploitable here. The advisory requires browserslist to load a custom browserslist-stats.json. This repo has no browserslist field in package.json, no .browserslistrc, and no stats file, so normalizeStats() is never reached with attacker-controlled input. The bump is hygiene against a dev-scope alert rather than a live exposure.
  • Dev-scope and effectively inert. browserslist is transitive via @babel/helper-compilation-targets@7.29.7 -> Babel. Our runtime dependencies are only axios and commander, so nothing reaches the shipped CLI. On top of that, jest.config.js transforms through @swc/jest with an explicit target: "es2020", not babel-jest — so the Babel target-resolution path that would consume browserslist is not in our transform pipeline at all.
  • Minor-version bump within 4.x; the browserslist() API is unchanged. The bulk of the diff is refreshed browser-compat data, which only matters to consumers that resolve queries — we have none.
  • New transitive package baseline-browser-mapping@2.11.21 enters the dev tree. It is a data package (browser baseline tables) required by browserslist 4.28.x, added to the Yarn PnP cache in this diff.

Analysis

  • Read the advisory (GHSA-73wf-gq98-2v4g, vulnerable <= 4.28.6, first patched 4.28.7); 4.28.9 clears it.
  • Diffed yarn.lock against main: changes are confined to browserslist and its own dependency set, with no unrelated resolution drift and no change to brace-expansion or other unrelated entries.
  • Traced reverse dependencies in the lockfile and checked jest.config.js and package.json to confirm dev-only, transitive, and unexercised usage.
  • Grepped the repo for browserslist configuration to confirm the vulnerable code path is unreachable.
  • Rebased the branch onto current main first, so CI validated this lockfile on top of the already-merged #32 and #33 rather than a stale base. CI (test job, workflow CI) then passed: it runs yarn install --immutable --immutable-cache — which verifies the lockfile and the PnP zip cache in this diff — followed by prettier --check, eslint ., jest, and tsc.

No mitigating changes were needed.

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