Cross-spawn offers a cross-platform solution for executing child processes in Node.js, ensuring consistent behavior across different operating systems when using child_process.spawn and child_process.spawnSync. Comparing versions 7.0.0 and 7.0.1, the key changes lie in updated dependencies. Version 7.0.1 upgrades the 'which' dependency from version '^1.2.9' to '^2.0.1' and 'shebang-command' from '^1.2.0' to '^2.0.0'. This update likely incorporates bug fixes, performance improvements, or new features within those dependencies,enhancing process execution.
For developers, using cross-spawn streamlines the process of writing platform-agnostic scripts. Notably, both versions maintain identical development dependencies, including tools like Jest for testing, ESLint for code linting, and Husky/lint-staged for git hook integration, suggesting consistent development practices. The update to 'which' and 'shebang-command' might be critical if you've encountered issues related to command resolution or execution of scripts with shebangs (e.g., #!/usr/bin/env node). The size difference in unpacked size is also relevant, 7.0.1 being 20512 bytes vs 20048 bytes for 7.0.0, showing a small relevant difference. Therefore, consider upgrading to 7.0.1 to leverage the latest improvements and bug fixes from its dependencies, ensuring a more robust and reliable cross-platform experience.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 7.0.1 of the package
Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in cross-spawn
Versions of the package cross-spawn before 7.0.5 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to improper input sanitization. An attacker can increase the CPU usage and crash the program by crafting a very large and well crafted string.
