Security vulnerabilities and automated fixes for yaml security issues
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A critical security vulnerability in `.github/dependabot.yml` was exposing a Node.js library to supply chain attacks by automatically updating to newly published packages without a safety delay. By adding a 7-day cooldown period to each package ecosystem configuration, the project now protects against malicious or unstable package versions that could affect downstream consumers.
A missing cooldown period in Dependabot configuration creates a supply chain vulnerability by allowing automatic updates to newly published packages that could be malicious or unstable. This fix adds a 7-day cooldown to the `.github/dependabot.yml` file, ensuring newly published package versions are vetted before being proposed for update. This is critical for Node.js libraries where vulnerabilities affect all downstream consumers.