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npm 12 (installed by the release workflow) only runs install scripts for allowScripts entries matching the installed version. Cypress was pinned at 16.0.0, so after it was bumped to 16.1.0 its postinstall (binary download) was silently skipped and cypress run failed in the Release workflow: missing Cypress binary. Use a name-only entry so version bumps don't break it.

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    • Updated install-script permission settings to identify approved packages by package name. The approved package set remains unchanged, with no added or removed permissions. This maintenance update does not change application functionality or affect how the product behaves for end users.

npm 12 only runs install scripts for allowScripts entries matching the installed version. Cypress was pinned at 16.0.0, so after it was bumped to 16.1.0 its postinstall (binary download) was silently skipped and `cypress run` failed in the release workflow with a missing binary. Use a name-only entry so version bumps don't break it.
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The allowScripts entry in package.json now uses the unversioned cypress key. Its value remains true.

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Cypress script allowance

Layer / File(s) Summary
Update Cypress allowance key
package.json
The allowScripts key changes from cypress@16.0.0 to cypress. The value remains true.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~2 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 6d7f9

A future Cypress update could run its install script in pull-request CI before review if workflows are not held for approval. Dependabot jobs have limited credentials, and the repository’s approval setting is unknown, so this is a bounded supply-chain risk.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly describes the change to allow Cypress install scripts across versions.
Description check ✅ Passed The description explains the npm version-matching issue, the skipped Cypress postinstall, and the reason for the change. It omits the repository’s PR checklist, but the main change and rationale are c…
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
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- Line 101: Update the Cypress install-script approval key in the package
configuration from the package name alone to the exact version currently
recorded in the lockfile. Keep the approval aligned with each reviewed Cypress
version bump.

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"allowScripts": {
"@parcel/watcher@2.6.0": true,
"cypress@16.0.0": true,
"cypress": true,

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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🛡️ Detected with Advanced Tier | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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🏁 Script executed:

#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
rg -n -C 3 \
  --glob 'package*.json' \
  --glob 'npm-shrinkwrap.json' \
  --glob '*.yml' \
  --glob '*.yaml' \
  '"cypress"|npm ci|npm install|npm update|cypress run' . || true

Repository: focus-trap/tabbable

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🏁 Script executed:

#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- changed package metadata ---'
git diff --unified=5 7443666b0b23f34116c2887a3c065897f9347d3a 6d7f99fed6c1e223b99a447e5f67e8988456f777 -- package.json package-lock.json
printf '%s\n' '--- workflow and dependency-update config files ---'
git ls-tree -r --name-only 6d7f99fed6c1e223b99a447e5f67e8988456f777 | rg '(^|/)(\.github/workflows/|\.github/|\.dependabot|renovate|.*lock.*|package\.json$)'
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant workflow/config references ---'
rg -n -i -C 3 'npm (ci|install|update)|cypress|dependabot|renovate|pull_request|workflow_dispatch' .github package.json package-lock.json 2>/dev/null || true
printf '%s\n' '--- root package metadata ---'
sed -n '1,115p' package.json
printf '%s\n' '--- Cypress lock entry ---'
rg -n -A 20 -B 3 '"node_modules/cypress"' package-lock.json

Repository: focus-trap/tabbable

Length of output: 19489


🏁 Script executed:

#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- Dependabot configuration ---'
cat -n .github/dependabot.yml
printf '%s\n' '--- CI workflow ---'
cat -n .github/workflows/ci.yml
printf '%s\n' '--- release workflow install context ---'
sed -n '1,60p' .github/workflows/release.yml | cat -n

Repository: focus-trap/tabbable

Length of output: 5204


Security Misconfiguration

Reachability: External
Exploitability: Difficult
CWE: CWE-829 — Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

Pin Cypress’s install-script approval to the reviewed version. The pull_request workflow runs npm ci, and Dependabot opens npm update PRs. A name-only approval can run a newly updated Cypress version’s postinstall in CI before review. Pin the current lockfile version and update the pin with each reviewed bump.

Pin the current Cypress version
-    "cypress": true,
+    "cypress@16.1.0": true,
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"cypress": true,
"cypress@16.1.0": true,
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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
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Review comment at @package.json at line 101:
Update the Cypress install-script approval key in the package configuration from
the package name alone to the exact version currently recorded in the lockfile.
Keep the approval aligned with each reviewed Cypress version bump.

After applying the fix, consider running `coderabbit review --agent` for local
review. Visit https://docs.coderabbit.ai/cli?utm_source=ghpr

Pinned allowScripts entries silently stop working when the dependency is bumped, so use name-only entries.
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