Browserslist is a crucial tool for front-end developers, enabling them to share target browsers across various tools like Autoprefixer, Stylelint, and babel-env-preset, ensuring compatibility and a consistent experience for users. Comparing versions 4.14.1 and 4.14.2 reveals subtle yet important updates for developers to consider. The primary differences lie within the dependency updates. Version 4.14.2 upgrades caniuse-lite to version 1.0.30001125 from 1.0.30001124, node-releases to 1.1.61 from 1.1.60, and electron-to-chromium to 1.3.564 from 1.3.562.
These updates are significant because caniuse-lite provides up-to-date browser support data, ensuring that Browserslist accurately reflects the capabilities of different browsers. Similarly, node-releases tracks the latest Node.js releases and their features, allowing developers to target specific Node.js versions. The electron-to-chromium dependency maps Electron versions to their underlying Chromium versions, vital for Electron application development.
The updated dependencies in version 4.14.2 suggest improved accuracy in browser targeting and broader support for newer browser features and Node.js versions. This translates to fewer compatibility issues and a smoother development workflow for those utilizing the library. Developers should upgrade to version 4.14.2 to benefit from these enhanced data sets and ensure their front-end tools are using the most current browser support information. Furthermore, the small increase in unpacked size from 89626 to 90018 indicates a minor expansion in data, reinforcing the value of updating to the latest version.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 4.14.2 of the package
Regular Expression Denial of Service in browserslist
The package browserslist from 4.0.0 and before 4.16.5 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) during parsing of queries.
