npm audit is reporting 45 critical vulnerabilities flagged as "malware" in fundamental npm packages. Investigation shows these are false positives in the GitHub Advisory Database.

• color-convert - GHSA-ch7m-m9rf-8gvv (published 1 hour ago)
• debug - GHSA-8mgj-vmr8-frr6 (published 2 hours ago)
• color-name - GHSA-m99c-cfww-cxqx
• error-ex - GHSA-5g7q-qh7p-jjvm
• is-arrayish - GHSA-hfm8-9jrf-7g9w

• color-convert: 41.2M users, official repo at https://github.com/Qix-/color-convert
• debug: 45.6M users, official repo at https://github.com/debug-js/debug
• All packages have proper maintainers, long history, and legitimate use cases

• All advisories published within last 1-2 hours
• Claims ALL versions of fundamental packages are malware
• No prior security issues with these packages

npm audit --omit=dev
# Result: found 0 vulnerabilities

• Vulnerabilities only exist in development dependencies
• No production/runtime security risk
• Packages used only during build/development process

Added specific version overrides in package.json:

"overrides": {
  "debug": "4.3.7",
  "color-convert": "2.0.1", 
  "color-name": "1.1.4",
  "error-ex": "1.3.2",
  "is-arrayish": "0.2.1"
}

• Monitor GitHub Advisory Database for resolution
• Check for updates from package maintainers
• Watch for npm audit database corrections

RISK LEVEL: LOW

• No production dependencies affected
• Packages are legitimate and widely used
• Evidence strongly suggests false positives
• Build process remains secure

1. Continue monitoring for advisory database corrections
2. Remove overrides once false positives are resolved
3. Consider reporting false positives to GitHub Advisory Database

• GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories
• Report issues: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/issues