[Snyk] Security upgrade inquirer from 5.1.0 to 8.2.7

[saurabharch]

Snyk has created this PR to fix 1 vulnerabilities in the npm dependencies of this project.

Snyk changed the following file(s):

• packages/react-dev-utils/package.json

Vulnerabilities that will be fixed with an upgrade:

	Issue	Score
	Symlink Attack SNYK-JS-TMP-11501554	733

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Summary of Changes

Hello @saurabharch, I'm Gemini Code Assist¹! I'm currently reviewing this pull request and will post my feedback shortly. In the meantime, here's a summary to help you and other reviewers quickly get up to speed!

This pull request, automatically generated by Snyk, updates the "inquirer" dependency in "packages/react-dev-utils/package.json". The primary goal of this upgrade is to mitigate a medium-severity "Symlink Attack" vulnerability, enhancing the overall security posture of the project by moving to a more secure version of the package.

Highlights

• Dependency Upgrade: Upgraded the "inquirer" package from version "5.1.0" to "8.2.7".
• Security Fix: Addressed a medium-severity "Symlink Attack" vulnerability (SNYK-JS-TMP-11501554) with a score of 733.
• File Impact: The change is confined to the "packages/react-dev-utils/package.json" file.

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Code Review

This pull request, automatically generated by Snyk, upgrades the inquirer dependency to version 8.2.7 to resolve a security vulnerability. While this fixes the vulnerability, it also introduces a critical breaking change. The new version of inquirer requires Node.js v12 or later, but this package supports Node.js v6 and up. This incompatibility would break the package for users on older Node.js versions. I've provided a review comment suggesting an alternative upgrade to [email protected], which resolves the security issue while maintaining compatibility with the currently supported Node.js versions.

[gemini-code-assist]

This upgrade to [email protected] introduces a critical breaking change regarding Node.js version compatibility. The inquirer v8.x line requires Node.js v12.0.0 or newer, while this package's engines field declares support for Node.js v6 and up ("node": ">=6").

This mismatch will cause react-dev-utils to fail for users on Node.js versions 6, 8, and 10. To resolve the security vulnerability without breaking support for older Node.js versions, I suggest upgrading to [email protected]. This version is the latest in the 6.x series, is compatible with Node.js v6+, and contains the necessary security fix.

    "inquirer": "6.5.2",