PER-14336: Remediate npm vulnerabilities (97→10) and remove unused dependencies

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Summary

• Remediate 87 of 97 npm vulnerabilities across all severity levels (2 critical, 38 high, 38 moderate, 19 low → 10 remaining)
• Remove 5 unused dependencies (lodash, ignore-styles, postcss-preset-env, remark-gfm, @babel/register) and 1 abnormal dependency (npm)
• Update direct dependencies (axios, playwright, Docusaurus ecosystem, react-syntax-highlighter, react-code-blocks), add npm overrides for transitive vulnerabilities
• Add Dependabot configuration for automated npm + GitHub Actions security updates, remove stale packageManager yarn field

Linear Issue

PER-14336

What changed

Removed unused dependencies

Package	Reason
lodash	No imports in source code — transitive deps have their own copies
ignore-styles	Zero references anywhere in the codebase
postcss-preset-env	Not in any PostCSS config — only tailwindcss + autoprefixer are used
remark-gfm	Docusaurus 3.x has built-in GFM support
@babel/register	Commented out in docusaurus.config.js
npm	Abnormal production dependency — accounts for ~25 transitive vulnerabilities

Direct dependency updates

Package	From	To	Fixes
axios	^1.8.4	1.14.0 (pinned)	CVE-2026-25639 DoS, supply chain risk
@docusaurus/* (7 pkgs)	^3.7.0	^3.9.2	convict, serialize-js, node-forge, undici, etc.
react-syntax-highlighter	^15.6.1	^16.1.1	prismjs XSS/DOM clobbering (6 advisories)
react-code-blocks	^0.0.9-0	^0.1.6	—
@playwright/test	^1.50.0	^1.58.2	CVE-2025-59288 SSL cert bypass

Infrastructure

• .github/dependabot.yml — weekly npm + GitHub Actions update scanning
• ajv@8.18.0 + ajv-formats@3.0.1 as devDependencies (fixes schema-utils@4 compatibility with Docusaurus 3.9.2)
• npm overrides for: serialize-javascript, node-forge, cross-spawn, picomatch, minimatch
• Removed stale packageManager: yarn@1.22.22 field (no yarn.lock exists)

Remaining vulnerabilities (10)

All in transitive dependencies with no available fix:

• @untitaker/hyperlink (dev-only link checker): 7 vulns from bundled old axios/glob/minimatch — does not affect production
• react-code-blocks: 3 vulns from bundled prismjs <1.30.0 — no upstream fix available

Test plan

• npm run build — full production build succeeds
• npm run hyperlink — 0 bad links, 0 bad anchors across 2363 files
• npm audit — verified 10 remaining (down from 97)
• npm ls axios — confirmed no compromised versions (1.7.9/0.8.3)
• Removed packages have zero references in source code
• Visual regression test on staging deployment
• Verify Docusaurus 3.9.2 deprecation warnings (onBrokenMarkdownLinks config)

Tests

• Build verification (production build + link check)
• Integration tests: needed — visual regression on staging
• Unit tests: N/A (dependency updates only, no source code changes)
• Test infrastructure: existing CI (Argos visual regression)

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PER-14336 Security: Remediate 97 npm vulnerabilities in docs repository

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Pull request overview

This PR reduces npm security vulnerabilities and simplifies the dependency graph by upgrading key packages, removing unused/abnormal dependencies, adding npm overrides for vulnerable transitive deps, and introducing Dependabot for ongoing automated updates.

Changes:

• Upgraded Docusaurus, axios, Playwright, and code-highlighting packages; removed several unused dependencies.
• Added npm overrides entries to remediate vulnerable transitive dependencies.
• Added .github/dependabot.yml to enable weekly npm and GitHub Actions update scanning.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 2 out of 3 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

File	Description
package.json	Dependency upgrades/removals plus new npm overrides and devDependency additions.
.github/dependabot.yml	Adds weekly Dependabot update configuration for npm and GitHub Actions.

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[Copilot]

This Dependabot config uses an invalid structure: dependency-type: "development" cannot be nested under groups (and dev-dependencies is not a supported key here). If the intent is to update devDependencies, use an allow: entry with dependency-type: "development", or remove this block entirely (Dependabot will update both dependency types by default). As-is, Dependabot may fail to parse the config and skip updates.

Suggested change

	groups:
	docusaurus:
	patterns:
	- "@docusaurus/*"
	dev-dependencies:
	dependency-type: "development"
	allow:
	- dependency-type: "development"
	groups:
	docusaurus:
	patterns:
	- "@docusaurus/*"

[Copilot]

docs/how-to/enforce-permissions/list-role-assignments.mdx contains import { some } from "lodash"; (line ~122) and is referenced by sidebars.js (line ~384). After removing lodash from dependencies, this import will rely on transitive hoisting to resolve, which is fragile and can break builds when the dependency tree changes. Either remove/replace the MDX import or keep lodash as an explicit dependency of this project.