[SOLVED] Running suggested command doesn't fix NPM Vulnerability

Running suggested command doesn't fix NPM Vulnerability

After each installation of a new NPM module in my project I get the following error :

[!] 40 vulnerabilities found - Packages audited: 5840 (0 dev, 299 optional)
    Severity: 8 Low | 24 Moderate | 8 High

So then I run npm audit and I get the details for each of the 40 vulnerabilities such as :

# Run  npm install npm@6.0.1  to resolve 22 vulnerabilities
SEMVER WARNING: Recommended action is a potentially breaking change
┌───────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Moderate      │ Prototype pollution                                          │
├───────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Package       │ hoek                                                         │
├───────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Dependency of │ npm                                                          │
├───────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Path          │ npm > libcipm > npm-lifecycle > node-gyp > request > hawk >  │
│               │ boom > hoek                                                  │
├───────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ More info     │ https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/566                       │
└───────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

or this :

# Run  npm update fsevents --depth 2  to resolve 3 vulnerabilities
┌───────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Low           │ Regular Expression Denial of Service                         │
├───────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Package       │ debug                                                        │
├───────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Dependency of │ chokidar                                                     │
├───────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Path          │ chokidar > fsevents > node-pre-gyp > tar-pack > debug        │
├───────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ More info     │ https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/534                       │
└───────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

So I run npm install npm@6.0.1 (even though I already had 6.0.1) then npm update fsevents --depth 2 But after that I re-run npm audit and nothing has changed, I still have the same 40 vulnerabilities and some of them are really scary. What should I do ?

Solution

This worked for me on MacOS:

Update NPM to the new 6.1.0. It introduces a 'npm audit fix' command, more info here.
Run 'npm audit fix'.

When you run 'npm audit' again, the only vulnerabilities left should be "Manual Review" issues.