Visual Object - node modules vulnerabilities

[jay-jay]

Hi,

I cloned a certified visual object code to add some modifications. In the github repo there are no vulnerabilities reported but when I install (through npm i) the necessary packages "npm audit" command finds some vulnerabilities.

I read https://github.com/microsoft/PowerBI-visuals-tools/issues/383 that the right command to check vulnerabilities on visual is "npm audit --production", beacause it does not consider devDependencies.

So I have 2 questions:

- Is the certified visual object continuously checked?

- Can I use the object without security issues?

Thanks,

[Anonymous]

Hi @jay-jay ,

1. 

There are some requirements and tests before a Power BI visual certified.

You may refer to the blogs as below.

For reference:

Test a Power BI visual before submitting it

Certification requirements

2.

This PR enables using the existing --production flag when running npm audit. Using this flag will ignore dev dependencies when assigning the requires constant that is passed to audit.generate.

For reference: Enable production flag for npm audit

Best Regards,
Rico Zhou

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[jay-jay]

I read the documentation about certification requirements and one requirement is "the visual must not have vulnerabilities", but it is not guaranteed the visual will not have some in the future.

I cloned the chicletSlicer code from github. The visual is developed with an old version of powerbi-visuals-tools: "npm i" finds some vulnerabilities, on the contrary "npm i --production" doesn't find anything (all packages are in devDependencies). So can I suppose there are not vulnerabilities when I build the component through "pbiviz package" or do I have to set some configuration files?