Update dependency express to v4.21.0

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Change	Age	Adoption	Passing	Confidence
express (source)	4.16.4 → 4.21.0

By merging this PR, the issue #10 will be automatically resolved and closed:

Severity	CVSS Score	Vulnerability	Reachability
High	7.5	CVE-2024-45296
High	7.5	CVE-2024-52798
Medium	6.1	CVE-2024-29041
Medium	5.0	CVE-2024-43796
Medium	5.0	CVE-2024-43799
Medium	5.0	CVE-2024-43800

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Release Notes

expressjs/express (express)

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

v4.17.1

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• Revert "Improve error message for null/undefined to res.status"

v4.17.0

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• Add express.raw to parse bodies into Buffer
• Add express.text to parse bodies into string
• Improve error message for non-strings to res.sendFile
• Improve error message for null/undefined to res.status
• Support multiple hosts in X-Forwarded-Host
• deps: accepts@~1.3.7
• deps: body-parser@​1.19.0
  • Add encoding MIK
  • Add petabyte (pb) support
  • Fix parsing array brackets after index
  • deps: bytes@​3.1.0
  • deps: http-errors@​1.7.2
  • deps: iconv-lite@​0.4.24
  • deps: qs@​6.7.0
  • deps: raw-body@​2.4.0
  • deps: type-is@~1.6.17
• deps: content-disposition@​0.5.3
• deps: cookie@​0.4.0
  • Add SameSite=None support
• deps: finalhandler@~1.1.2
  • Set stricter Content-Security-Policy header
  • deps: parseurl@~1.3.3
  • deps: statuses@~1.5.0
• deps: parseurl@~1.3.3
• deps: proxy-addr@~2.0.5
  • deps: ipaddr.js@​1.9.0
• deps: qs@​6.7.0
  • Fix parsing array brackets after index
• deps: range-parser@~1.2.1
• deps: send@​0.17.1
  • Set stricter CSP header in redirect & error responses
  • deps: http-errors@~1.7.2
  • deps: mime@​1.6.0
  • deps: ms@​2.1.1
  • deps: range-parser@~1.2.1
  • deps: statuses@~1.5.0
  • perf: remove redundant path.normalize call
• deps: serve-static@​1.14.1
  • Set stricter CSP header in redirect response
  • deps: parseurl@~1.3.3
  • deps: send@​0.17.1
• deps: setprototypeof@​1.1.1
• deps: statuses@~1.5.0
  • Add 103 Early Hints
• deps: type-is@~1.6.18
  • deps: mime-types@~2.1.24
  • perf: prevent internal throw on invalid type

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