Your package.json
contains a mix of dev dependencies with versions starting with both ~
and ^
. This likely stems from some dev dependencies being installed with older versions of npm
that defaulted to using ~
, which is more conservative than ^
. To start, update the 8 instances of ~
to ^
, delete the node_modules
directory, as well as the package-lock.json
file (if present), and then run npm install
again. I tried this out myself and while it didn't lower the number of vulnerabilities reported by npm audit
, it did reduce the count of outdated packages, which is progress in the right direction.
Let's simplify things by focusing solely on the audit results for your production dependencies and disregarding any issues with your development dependencies for now. Running npm audit --only=prod
reveals just 5 moderate issues. Executing npm audit --only=prod --force fix
will upgrade @capacitor/cli
from version 2.x to 3.x. Keep in mind that this is a breaking change, so thorough testing is advised. However, if all goes well, you should be pleased to discover that npm audit --only=prod
no longer reports any vulnerabilities.
At this juncture, you may choose to not focus too heavily on the other concerns flagged by npm audit
. But if you decide to address them, here's a potential plan you could follow:
- Conduct a manual review of all your dev dependencies to ensure there are no unnecessary or unused packages installed. Remove any unnecessary ones and consider uninstalling any nice-to-have but non-essential packages.
- Use
npm outdated
to identify outdated dependencies that could be manually updated through breaking changes. Proceed with updating these dependencies.