Add parent upgrade guidance for transitive vulnerabilities#43
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Summary
This PR makes transitive vulnerability output more actionable by trying to identify the parent package the user should upgrade.
Before this change, output for transitive issues showed the vulnerable package path, for example:
project -> express-jwt -> jsonwebtokenThat was useful for tracing, but it did not tell the user what to update. This PR adds best-effort parent upgrade guidance so CVE Lite CLI can recommend the direct dependency upgrade when it can determine one reliably.
What changed
recommendedParentUpgradeto findingsExample
Before:
jsonwebtoken@0.1.0project -> express-jwt -> jsonwebtokenAfter:
jsonwebtoken@0.1.0project -> express-jwt -> jsonwebtokenRecommended parent upgrade: express-jwt 0.1.0 -> 6.0.0Notes
Why this matters
This improves the practical remediation value of CVE Lite CLI. Instead of only showing that a transitive package is vulnerable, the tool can now often point to the package the developer actually controls.
Closes #42