fix: npm package vulnerabilities

[alronova]

Fix npm Packages Vulnerabilities

Fixed 23 vulnerabilities (8 low, 4 moderate, 11 high severity) using npm audit fix.
Added 1 package, removed 1 package, changed 73 packages, and audited 1297 packages.

Changes Made

Vulnerabilities Before

• High: 11
• Moderate: 4
• Low: 8

Vulnerabilities After

• High: 0
• Moderate: 0
• Low: 7 (all low-severity, related to elliptic)

Note

The low severity package vulnerabilities can also be fixed but they will introduce breaking changes to the project. Considering that, I ignored those vulnerabilities.

Testing done

• npm install completes with only 7 low severity vulnerabilities warning
• npm audit shows only low-severity issues remain
• no breaking changes were introduced in this PR

I have signed-off my commits and rebased my branch with the latest commit on main.
@ashu8912 kindly review this PR whenever you get time.

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[illume]

Thanks, can you please see if this is still needed?

[alronova]

Thanks, can you please see if this is still needed?

Yes, this fix was indeed needed. I checked for the security vulnerabilities again on the latest codebase from main branch and there were 23 existing security vulnerabilities instead of 17 (which was the case earlier). I have fixed all of the high and moderate severity vulnerabilities and explained the implementation details in the above comment. Kindly take a look on this when you get time. Thanks!

[alronova]

@illume @ashu8912 could you please review this PR?