dependency-audit

Dependency Audit

Find the risky dependencies before they find you. No signup required.

Prerequisites

• None. Pure Claude Code. Uses the project's own package manager if available (npm audit, pip-audit, go list), and reasons about the manifest otherwise.

Trigger

• "Audit my dependencies"
• "Any risky packages in this repo?"
• "Check for outdated / vulnerable deps"

Workflow

1. Detect the ecosystem(s) by manifest:
   • package.json / lockfile → npm/pnpm/yarn
   • requirements.txt / pyproject.toml → pip
   • go.mod → Go · Cargo.toml → Rust · Gemfile → Ruby
2. If the toolchain is installed, run the native auditor and parse it:
   • npm audit --json · pip-audit -f json · go list -m -u all · cargo audit If not installed, fall back to inspecting the manifest directly.
3. Flag each dependency against these risk classes:

Risk	Signal
Known vulnerability	Reported by the native auditor (CVE/advisory)
Unpinned	*, latest, or no lock entry — non-reproducible builds
Wide range	^/~ on a 0.x package (any minor can break)
Badly outdated	Several majors behind current
Abandoned	No release in a long time / archived upstream
Heavy / duplicate	Large transitive tree or two versions of the same lib

1. Rank by severity (vulnerabilities first), and give the concrete bump/replace action.

2. Output:

## Dependency Audit — package.json (+ lockfile)

**3 vulnerable, 2 unpinned, 1 abandoned**

### Vulnerabilities
- `lodash@4.17.11` — prototype pollution (high). Bump to ≥ 4.17.21.
- `axios@0.21.0` — SSRF (moderate). Bump to ≥ 1.6.0 (note: v1 has breaking changes).

### Hygiene
- `left-pad: "*"` — unpinned; pin to an exact version.
- `request@2.88` — package is deprecated/abandoned; migrate to `undici` or `fetch`.
- `moment@2.29` — large + in maintenance mode; consider `date-fns` / `Temporal`.

### Suggested commands
  npm i lodash@^4.17.21 axios@^1.6.0
  npm rm request

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