chore(deps): update dependency express to v4.22.1 (develop)

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Type	Update	Change
express (source)	dependencies	minor	4.17.1 -> 4.22.1

This PR resolves the vulnerabilities described in Issue #828

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Version 4.17.1

Risk Change	Critical	High	Medium	Low
N/A	0	5	5	0

Version 4.22.1

Risk Change	Critical	High	Medium	Low
-100%	0 (--)	0 (-5 )	0 (-5 )	0 (--)

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Release Notes

expressjs/express (express)

v4.22.1

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What's Changed

[!IMPORTANT]
The prior release (4.22.0) included an erroneous breaking change related to the extended query parser. There is no actual security vulnerability associated with this behavior (CVE-2024-51999 has been rejected). The change has been fully reverted in this release.

• Release: 4.22.1 by @​UlisesGascon in #​6934

Full Changelog: expressjs/express@4.22.0...v4.22.1

v4.22.0

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Important: Security

• Security fix for CVE-2024-51999 (GHSA-pj86-cfqh-vqx6)

What's Changed

• Refactor: improve readability by @​sazk07 in #​6190
• ci: add support for Node.js@​23.0 by @​UlisesGascon in #​6080
• Method functions with no path should error by @​wesleytodd in #​5957
• ci: updated github actions ci workflow by @​Phillip9587 in #​6323
• ci: reorder npm i steps to fix ci for older node versions by @​Phillip9587 in #​6336
• Backport: ci: add node.js 24 to test matrix by @​Phillip9587 in #​6506
• chore(4.x): wider range for query test skip by @​jonchurch in #​6513
• use tilde notation for certain dependencies by @​UlisesGascon in #​6905
• deps: qs@​6.14.0 by @​UlisesGascon in #​6909
• deps: use tilde notation for qs by @​Phillip9587 in #​6919
• Release: 4.22.0 by @​UlisesGascon in #​6921

Full Changelog: expressjs/express@4.21.2...4.22.0

v4.21.2

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What's Changed

• Add funding field (v4) by @​bjohansebas in #​6065
• deps: path-to-regexp@​0.1.11 by @​blakeembrey in #​5956
• deps: bump path-to-regexp@​0.1.12 by @​jonchurch in #​6209
• Release: 4.21.2 by @​UlisesGascon in #​6094

Full Changelog: expressjs/express@4.21.1...4.21.2

v4.21.1

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What's Changed

• Backport a fix for CVE-2024-47764 to the 4.x branch by @​joshbuker in #​6029
• Release: 4.21.1 by @​UlisesGascon in #​6031

Full Changelog: expressjs/express@4.21.0...4.21.1

v4.21.0

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What's Changed

• Deprecate "back" magic string in redirects by @​blakeembrey in #​5935
• finalhandler@​1.3.1 by @​wesleytodd in #​5954
• fix(deps): serve-static@​1.16.2 by @​wesleytodd in #​5951
• Upgraded dependency qs to 6.13.0 to match qs in body-parser by @​agadzinski93 in #​5946

New Contributors

• @​agadzinski93 made their first contribution in #​5946

Full Changelog: expressjs/express@4.20.0...4.21.0

v4.20.0

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• deps: serve-static@​0.16.0
  • Remove link renderization in html while redirecting
• deps: send@​0.19.0
  • Remove link renderization in html while redirecting
• deps: body-parser@​0.6.0
  • add depth option to customize the depth level in the parser
  • IMPORTANT: The default depth level for parsing URL-encoded data is now 32 (previously was Infinity)
• Remove link renderization in html while using res.redirect
• deps: path-to-regexp@​0.1.10
  • Adds support for named matching groups in the routes using a regex
  • Adds backtracking protection to parameters without regexes defined
• deps: encodeurl@~2.0.0
  • Removes encoding of \, |, and ^ to align better with URL spec
• Deprecate passing options.maxAge and options.expires to res.clearCookie
  • Will be ignored in v5, clearCookie will set a cookie with an expires in the past to instruct clients to delete the cookie

v4.19.2

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• Improved fix for open redirect allow list bypass

v4.19.1

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• Allow passing non-strings to res.location with new encoding handling checks

v4.19.0

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• Prevent open redirect allow list bypass due to encodeurl
• deps: cookie@​0.6.0

v4.18.3

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• Fix routing requests without method
• deps: body-parser@​1.20.2
  • Fix strict json error message on Node.js 19+
  • deps: content-type@~1.0.5
  • deps: raw-body@​2.5.2
• deps: cookie@​0.6.0
  • Add partitioned option

v4.18.2

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• Fix regression routing a large stack in a single route
• deps: body-parser@​1.20.1
  • deps: qs@​6.11.0
  • perf: remove unnecessary object clone
• deps: qs@​6.11.0

v4.18.1

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• Fix hanging on large stack of sync routes

v4.18.0

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• Add "root" option to res.download
• Allow options without filename in res.download
• Deprecate string and non-integer arguments to res.status
• Fix behavior of null/undefined as maxAge in res.cookie
• Fix handling very large stacks of sync middleware
• Ignore Object.prototype values in settings through app.set/app.get
• Invoke default with same arguments as types in res.format
• Support proper 205 responses using res.send
• Use http-errors for res.format error
• deps: body-parser@​1.20.0
  • Fix error message for json parse whitespace in strict
  • Fix internal error when inflated body exceeds limit
  • Prevent loss of async hooks context
  • Prevent hanging when request already read
  • deps: depd@​2.0.0
  • deps: http-errors@​2.0.0
  • deps: on-finished@​2.4.1
  • deps: qs@​6.10.3
  • deps: raw-body@​2.5.1
• deps: cookie@​0.5.0
  • Add priority option
  • Fix expires option to reject invalid dates
• deps: depd@​2.0.0
  • Replace internal eval usage with Function constructor
  • Use instance methods on process to check for listeners
• deps: finalhandler@​1.2.0
  • Remove set content headers that break response
  • deps: on-finished@​2.4.1
  • deps: statuses@​2.0.1
• deps: on-finished@​2.4.1
  • Prevent loss of async hooks context
• deps: qs@​6.10.3
• deps: send@​0.18.0
  • Fix emitted 416 error missing headers property
  • Limit the headers removed for 304 response
  • deps: depd@​2.0.0
  • deps: destroy@​1.2.0
  • deps: http-errors@​2.0.0
  • deps: on-finished@​2.4.1
  • deps: statuses@​2.0.1
• deps: serve-static@​1.15.0
  • deps: send@​0.18.0
• deps: statuses@​2.0.1
  • Remove code 306
  • Rename 425 Unordered Collection to standard 425 Too Early

v4.17.3

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• deps: accepts@~1.3.8
  • deps: mime-types@~2.1.34
  • deps: negotiator@​0.6.3
• deps: body-parser@​1.19.2
  • deps: bytes@​3.1.2
  • deps: qs@​6.9.7
  • deps: raw-body@​2.4.3
• deps: cookie@​0.4.2
• deps: qs@​6.9.7
  • Fix handling of __proto__ keys
• pref: remove unnecessary regexp for trust proxy

v4.17.2

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• Fix handling of undefined in res.jsonp
• Fix handling of undefined when "json escape" is enabled
• Fix incorrect middleware execution with unanchored RegExps
• Fix res.jsonp(obj, status) deprecation message
• Fix typo in res.is JSDoc
• deps: body-parser@​1.19.1
  • deps: bytes@​3.1.1
  • deps: http-errors@​1.8.1
  • deps: qs@​6.9.6
  • deps: raw-body@​2.4.2
  • deps: safe-buffer@​5.2.1
  • deps: type-is@~1.6.18
• deps: content-disposition@​0.5.4
  • deps: safe-buffer@​5.2.1
• deps: cookie@​0.4.1
  • Fix maxAge option to reject invalid values
• deps: proxy-addr@~2.0.7
  • Use req.socket over deprecated req.connection
  • deps: forwarded@​0.2.0
  • deps: ipaddr.js@​1.9.1
• deps: qs@​6.9.6
• deps: safe-buffer@​5.2.1
• deps: send@​0.17.2
  • deps: http-errors@​1.8.1
  • deps: ms@​2.1.3
  • pref: ignore empty http tokens
• deps: serve-static@​1.14.2
  • deps: send@​0.17.2
• deps: setprototypeof@​1.2.0

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