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Dependency Scan False Flags

dependency-scan-false-flags

Vulnerability scanning flags resolved transitive artifacts and OWASP/NVD matches that persist or don’t respect expected exclusions, so updates can still show “vulnerable” results even when direct dependencies changed. Manual review and correct config are required.

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Updated7/2/2026

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Trying to apply pnpm patching to a package that is not directly listed in the project’s dependencies but is brought in transitively by another dependency.

deprecated stable@0.1.8 — in my project I include `svgo`. Tension: I can remove this package from source code of `svgo` via `pnpm patch`, but how to also exclude it from package resolution to avoid PNPM WARN? Outcome: it will appear again after using `pnpm update`.

Deploying to Vercel fails to apply the desired npm install flags (e.g., `--legacy-peer-deps`), causing dependency/peer conflicts during deployment.

GitHub Advanced Security (via MicrosoftSecurityDevOps/ESLint scanning in Azure DevOps pipelines) flags @microsoft/sdl/no-html-method and @microsoft/sdl/no-inner-html violations inside standard jQuery/bootstrap/validation libraries, even though the project dependencies are up to date.

It still shows vulnerabilities. — when I pull the latest python:3.11-slim image. Tension: There are three vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-45490, CVE-2024-45491 and CVE-2024-45492).

We run `dotnet list .sln package --vulnerable --include-transitive --source https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json` nightly on our CI server. Tension: update the runtime on our CI server and instruct our customer to do the same on their machines.

Fortify flags pandas as having a critical vulnerability due to read_pickle, even when the function is not used

Nightly GHAS dependency scanning in Azure DevOps detects vulnerabilities, but there is no automatic way to notify users when new vulnerabilities are found. Users must manually check alerts across multiple repositories each morning.

Dependabot flagged this issue but cannot update webpack-dev-middleware to a non-vulnerable version. Tension: updating to a secure version seems non-trivial.

snyk is only checking files ending with the .json, .yml, .txt etc. — I added my github projects to snyk.io portal to check vulnerabilities. Tension: It's not checking vulnerabilities in typescript, js, java, python files. Outcome: Then it should be under "Code Analysis" (second item in your screenshot).

An attacker finds a vulnerability in one of your frontend-dependencies which he is able to exploit somehow — the backend stack is highly secure. Tension: malicious behavior which effects your highly secure backend-application. Outcome: keep your front end packages up-to-date.

ECR scan reports CVEs in the final Docker image

Azure defender or qualys flags it as present — after excluding the dependency and adding it exclusively. Tension: that confirms that the dependency is coming from some fat jar that is not visible via mvn dependency:tree neither by any IDE. Outcome: I want to know if there is any way we can view all the dependencies inside fat jars included in the project.

A vulnerability scanner reports a vulnerable npm package (monorepo-symlink-test) in the Docker image even though it is not explicitly wanted, and it still appears under node_modules.

Tension: it can contain false positives (very common with the OWASP tool) and "disputed" vulnerabilities. Outcome: Let's examine only t.

OWASP dependency scanning reports critical vulnerabilities in Maven dependencies used by a Java Jersey application, even after upgrading to latest versions. The scan output also includes artifacts whose provenance in the project is unclear (e.g., kerb-server).

The project’s dependency tree includes the vulnerable `inflight@1.0.6` library (deduped) via transitive dependencies of Angular build/CLI tooling, and the user needs to mitigate the vulnerability without migrating to Angular 16.

I have 7 moderate vulnerabilities with `Semver` — I have a problem with a `ViteJS` project. Tension: Depends on vulnerable versions of semver. Outcome: delete the `node_modules` and the `package-lock.json` but nothing to do it does not work.

The user wants an automated security vulnerability report for all Bower-managed dependencies similar to `npm audit`. They cannot find a Bower equivalent command/tool.

Snyk project scans do not consistently ignore/exclude folders depending on whether the project is imported via SCM versus run via the CLI, and behavior differs between Snyk Code (SAST) and Snyk Open Source scans.

it is not finding tokens and passwords — when i tried to scan it is not finding tokens and passwords. Tension: Actually i have hard-coded tokens & passwords and committed them into my github repository. Outcome: try to omit `--only-verified` or even use `--no-verification` flag.

Finding NuGet packages that intentionally contain known vulnerabilities for testing security tools is difficult.

Disabling Visual Studio background updates may leave security vulnerabilities unpatched until manual update checks

Running `npm audit` reports 4 high severity vulnerabilities in the installed TestCafe dependencies. `npm audit fix --force` does not resolve them.

netty-all.4.1.58.Final, which give high security risk in nexus scan — Cassandra has been using netty-all.4.1.58.Final. Tension: sonatype-2021-0789, CVSS score 8.4.

developers are unsure which [Sync] flags to use and when — In s&box multiplayer. Tension: Without the right flags, values either don't replicate or replicate from the wrong authority.

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in libxml2 v2.11.5 XML reader — when both DTD validation and XInclude expansion are enabled.

Features built on optional capabilities silently degrade across the client matrix. Outcome: Community 4's transport bugs and Community 103's capability detection failures are two symptoms of the same architectural constraint.

Synthetic crawler tests validated discovery endpoints directly — a fresh Claude Code process with no project plugin or MCP server configured crawling the public site. Tension: they did not exercise the intended scenario. Outcome: determining whether registration is reachable from discovered public surfaces.

A CI source-grep gate blocking merges on forbidden DOM patterns. Outcome: all false positives.

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