[Snyk] Fix for 6 vulnerabilities

[q1blue]

Snyk has created this PR to fix 6 vulnerabilities in the yarn dependencies of this project.

Snyk changed the following file(s):

• plugins/kafka/package.json

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Vulnerabilities that will be fixed with an upgrade:

	Issue	Score
	Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding SNYK-JS-TAR-15038581	208
	Use of a Cryptographic Primitive with a Risky Implementation SNYK-JS-ELLIPTIC-14908844	146
	UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following SNYK-JS-BACKSTAGEBACKENDPLUGINAPI-15054291	113
	Prototype Pollution SNYK-JS-LODASH-15053838	88
	Prototype Pollution SNYK-JS-LODASHES-15053836	88
	Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) SNYK-JS-DIFF-14917201	62

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EntelligenceAI PR Summary

Updated Kafka plugin dependency version constraints from workspace protocol to fixed versions.

• Changed @backstage/core-components from workspace:^ to 0.1.0
• Changed @backstage/core-plugin-api from workspace:^ to 0.1.0
• Changed @backstage/plugin-catalog-react from workspace:^ to 0.0.1
• Pins dependencies to specific versions instead of using monorepo workspace resolution

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Summary of Changes

Hello @q1blue, I'm Gemini Code Assist¹! I'm currently reviewing this pull request and will post my feedback shortly. In the meantime, here's a summary to help you and other reviewers quickly get up to speed!

This pull request, automatically generated by Snyk, aims to enhance the security posture of the project by updating several key @backstage dependencies within the plugins/kafka module. These updates are crucial for resolving six identified vulnerabilities, ranging from medium to high severity, ensuring a more secure and stable development environment.

Highlights

• Dependency Updates: Updated @backstage/core-components to 0.1.0, @backstage/core-plugin-api to 0.1.0, and @backstage/plugin-catalog-react to 0.0.1 in plugins/kafka/package.json.
• Vulnerability Fixes: Addresses 6 identified vulnerabilities, including a high severity 'UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following' (SNYK-JS-BACKSTAGEBACKENDPLUGINAPI-15054291) and several medium severity issues such as 'Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding', 'Prototype Pollution', and 'Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)'.
• Yarn Zero-Installs Note: Includes a specific note for users of Yarn's zero-installs feature, advising that the .yarn/cache/ directory will need to be manually updated by running yarn after merging.
• Manual yarn.lock Update Required: A warning indicates that the yarn.lock file failed to update automatically and requires manual intervention before this pull request can be merged.

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Code Review

This pull request, automatically generated by Snyk, attempts to fix several vulnerabilities by updating dependencies in plugins/kafka/package.json. However, the proposed changes are incorrect and will likely break the project. The PR replaces monorepo workspace-local dependencies (workspace:^) with very old, hardcoded versions from a public registry. This constitutes a major version downgrade and breaks the internal dependency structure of the monorepo. I have left a critical comment explaining why these changes should be reverted and how the vulnerabilities should be addressed properly. This PR should not be merged in its current state.

[gemini-code-assist]

These dependency changes are incorrect and will likely break the application. The workspace:^ protocol is used to link to other packages within this monorepo. By replacing it with very old, hardcoded versions, you are breaking this link and introducing a massive version downgrade.

For example:

• @backstage/core-components is being downgraded from a workspace version (the current version in the repo is 0.13.4-next.0) to 0.1.0.
• @backstage/core-plugin-api is being downgraded from a workspace version (current is 1.5.3) to 0.1.0.
• @backstage/plugin-catalog-react is being downgraded from a workspace version (recent versions are ~1.8.0) to 0.0.1.

This will cause major compatibility issues and almost certainly fail to build. The correct approach to fix the underlying vulnerabilities is to update the transitive dependencies that are vulnerable, not to downgrade these core packages. This PR should be rejected, and the vulnerabilities should be addressed by updating the correct packages in the monorepo. Please revert these changes.

    "@backstage/core-components": "workspace:^",
    "@backstage/core-plugin-api": "workspace:^",
    "@backstage/plugin-catalog-react": "workspace:^"

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Walkthrough

This PR updates the dependency management strategy for the Kafka plugin by replacing workspace protocol references with fixed version numbers. The changes affect three Backstage dependencies: @backstage/core-components, @backstage/core-plugin-api, and @backstage/plugin-catalog-react. Instead of using the monorepo workspace resolution pattern (workspace:^), these dependencies are now pinned to specific versions (0.1.0, 0.1.0, and 0.0.1 respectively). This modification likely prepares the plugin for standalone distribution or resolves version compatibility constraints in the build/deployment pipeline.

Changes

File(s)	Summary
plugins/kafka/package.json	Updated three Backstage dependencies from workspace protocol references (workspace:^) to fixed versions: @backstage/core-components to 0.1.0, @backstage/core-plugin-api to 0.1.0, and @backstage/plugin-catalog-react to 0.0.1.

Sequence Diagram

This diagram shows the interactions between components:

sequenceDiagram
    participant Dev as Developer
    participant Package as package.json
    participant Registry as NPM Registry
    
    Note over Dev,Registry: Dependency Version Update Process
    
    Dev->>Package: Update dependency versions
    Note over Package: @backstage/core-components: workspace:^ → 0.1.0<br/>@backstage/core-plugin-api: workspace:^ → 0.1.0<br/>@backstage/plugin-catalog-react: workspace:^ → 0.0.1
    
    Dev->>Registry: Install dependencies
    Registry-->>Dev: Fetch specific versions (0.1.0, 0.1.0, 0.0.1)
    
    Note over Dev: Dependencies now pinned to<br/>specific versions instead of<br/>workspace references

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