Update dependency express to ~4.20.0 (main)

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Type	Update	Change
express (source)	dependencies	minor	~4.15.5 -> ~4.20.0

By merging this PR, the issue #3 will be automatically resolved and closed:

Severity	CVSS Score	CVE	Reachability
High	7.5	CVE-2017-16138
Medium	6.1	CVE-2024-29041
Medium	5.0	CVE-2024-43796

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Release Notes

expressjs/express (express)

v4.20.0

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  • Remove link renderization in html while redirecting
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  • Remove link renderization in html while redirecting
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  • 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
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  • 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
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v4.18.3

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• Fix routing requests without method
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  • Fix strict json error message on Node.js 19+
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  • Add partitioned option

v4.18.2

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• Fix regression routing a large stack in a single route
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  • perf: remove unnecessary object clone
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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
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  • 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
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  • Add priority option
  • Fix expires option to reject invalid dates
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  • Replace internal eval usage with Function constructor
  • Use instance methods on process to check for listeners
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  • Remove set content headers that break response
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  • Prevent loss of async hooks context
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  • Fix emitted 416 error missing headers property
  • Limit the headers removed for 304 response
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • deps: type-is@~1.6.18
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  • Fix maxAge option to reject invalid values
• deps: proxy-addr@~2.0.7
  • Use req.socket over deprecated req.connection
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  • pref: ignore empty http tokens
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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
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  • Add encoding MIK
  • Add petabyte (pb) support
  • Fix parsing array brackets after index
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  • deps: type-is@~1.6.17
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  • 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
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  • Fix parsing array brackets after index
• deps: range-parser@~1.2.1
• deps: [email protected]
  • Set stricter CSP header in redirect & error responses
  • deps: http-errors@~1.7.2
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  • deps: range-parser@~1.2.1
  • deps: statuses@~1.5.0
  • perf: remove redundant path.normalize call
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  • Set stricter CSP header in redirect response
  • deps: parseurl@~1.3.3
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• 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

v4.16.4

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• Fix issue where "Request aborted" may be logged in res.sendfile
• Fix JSDoc for Router constructor
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  • Fix deprecation warnings on Node.js 10+
  • Fix stack trace for strict json parse error
  • deps: depd@~1.1.2
  • deps: http-errors@~1.6.3
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  • deps: type-is@~1.6.16
• deps: proxy-addr@~2.0.4
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v4.16.3

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• deps: accepts@~1.3.5
  • deps: mime-types@~2.1.18
• deps: depd@~1.1.2
  • perf: remove argument reassignment
• deps: encodeurl@~1.0.2
  • Fix encoding % as last character
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  • Fix 404 output for bad / missing pathnames
  • deps: encodeurl@~1.0.2
  • deps: statuses@~1.4.0
• deps: proxy-addr@~2.0.3
  • deps: [email protected]
• deps: [email protected]
  • Fix incorrect end tag in default error & redirects
  • deps: depd@~1.1.2
  • deps: encodeurl@~1.0.2
  • deps: statuses@~1.4.0
• deps: [email protected]
  • Fix incorrect end tag in redirects
  • deps: encodeurl@~1.0.2
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• deps: statuses@~1.4.0
• deps: type-is@~1.6.16
  • deps: mime-types@~2.1.18

v4.16.2

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• Fix TypeError in res.send when given Buffer and ETag header set
• perf: skip parsing of entire X-Forwarded-Proto header

v4.16.1

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  • Fix regression when root is incorrectly set to a file
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v4.16.0

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• Add "json escape" setting for res.json and res.jsonp
• Add express.json and express.urlencoded to parse bodies
• Add options argument to res.download
• Improve error message when autoloading invalid view engine
• Improve error messages when non-function provided as middleware
• Skip Buffer encoding when not generating ETag for small response
• Use safe-buffer for improved Buffer API
• deps: accepts@~1.3.4
  • deps: mime-types@~2.1.16
• deps: content-type@~1.0.4
  • perf: remove argument reassignment
  • perf: skip parameter parsing when no parameters
• deps: etag@~1.8.1
  • perf: replace regular expression with substring
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  • Use res.headersSent when available
• deps: parseurl@~1.3.2
  • perf: reduce overhead for full URLs
  • perf: unroll the "fast-path" RegExp
• deps: proxy-addr@~2.0.2
  • Fix trimming leading / trailing OWS in X-Forwarded-For
  • deps: forwarded@~0.1.2
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  • perf: reduce overhead when no X-Forwarded-For header
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  • Fix parsing & compacting very deep objects
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  • Add 70 new types for file extensions
  • Add immutable option
  • Fix missing </html> in default error & redirects
  • Set charset as "UTF-8" for .js and .json
  • Use instance methods on steam to check for listeners
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  • perf: improve path validation speed
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  • Add 70 new types for file extensions
  • Add immutable option
  • Set charset as "UTF-8" for .js and .json
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• deps: vary@~1.1.2
  • perf: improve header token parsing speed
• perf: re-use options object when generating ETags
• perf: remove dead .charset set in res.jsonp

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