Update dependency express to v4.22.0 (main)

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Type	Update	Change
express (source)	dependencies	minor	4.18.2 → 4.22.0

By merging this PR, the below vulnerabilities will be automatically resolved:

Severity	CVSS Score	Vulnerability	Reachability
High	7.5	CVE-2024-45296	Reachable
High	7.5	CVE-2024-45590	Reachable
High	7.5	CVE-2024-52798	Reachable
Medium	6.1	CVE-2024-29041	Reachable
Medium	5.3	CVE-2024-47764	Reachable
Medium	5.0	CVE-2024-43796	Reachable
Medium	5.0	CVE-2024-43799	Reachable
Medium	5.0	CVE-2024-43800	Reachable
Low	3.7	CVE-2025-15284	Reachable

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Release Notes

expressjs/express (express)

v4.22.0

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Important: Security

• Security fix for CVE-2024-51999 (GHSA-pj86-cfqh-vqx6)

What's Changed

• Refactor: improve readability by @​sazk07 in #​6190
• ci: add support for Node.js@​23.0 by @​UlisesGascon in #​6080
• Method functions with no path should error by @​wesleytodd in #​5957
• ci: updated github actions ci workflow by @​Phillip9587 in #​6323
• ci: reorder npm i steps to fix ci for older node versions by @​Phillip9587 in #​6336
• Backport: ci: add node.js 24 to test matrix by @​Phillip9587 in #​6506
• chore(4.x): wider range for query test skip by @​jonchurch in #​6513
• use tilde notation for certain dependencies by @​UlisesGascon in #​6905
• deps: qs@​6.14.0 by @​UlisesGascon in #​6909
• deps: use tilde notation for qs by @​Phillip9587 in #​6919
• Release: 4.22.0 by @​UlisesGascon in #​6921

Full Changelog: expressjs/express@4.21.2...4.22.0

v4.21.2

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What's Changed

• Add funding field (v4) by @​bjohansebas in #​6065
• deps: path-to-regexp@​0.1.11 by @​blakeembrey in #​5956
• deps: bump path-to-regexp@​0.1.12 by @​jonchurch in #​6209
• Release: 4.21.2 by @​UlisesGascon in #​6094

Full Changelog: expressjs/express@4.21.1...4.21.2

v4.21.1

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What's Changed

• Backport a fix for CVE-2024-47764 to the 4.x branch by @​joshbuker in #​6029
• Release: 4.21.1 by @​UlisesGascon in #​6031

Full Changelog: expressjs/express@4.21.0...4.21.1

v4.21.0

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What's Changed

• Deprecate "back" magic string in redirects by @​blakeembrey in #​5935
• finalhandler@​1.3.1 by @​wesleytodd in #​5954
• fix(deps): serve-static@​1.16.2 by @​wesleytodd in #​5951
• Upgraded dependency qs to 6.13.0 to match qs in body-parser by @​agadzinski93 in #​5946

New Contributors

• @​agadzinski93 made their first contribution in #​5946

Full Changelog: expressjs/express@4.20.0...4.21.0

v4.20.0

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• deps: serve-static@​0.16.0
  • Remove link renderization in html while redirecting
• deps: send@​0.19.0
  • Remove link renderization in html while redirecting
• deps: body-parser@​0.6.0
  • add depth option to customize the depth level in the parser
  • IMPORTANT: The default depth level for parsing URL-encoded data is now 32 (previously was Infinity)
• Remove link renderization in html while using res.redirect
• deps: path-to-regexp@​0.1.10
  • Adds support for named matching groups in the routes using a regex
  • Adds backtracking protection to parameters without regexes defined
• deps: encodeurl@~2.0.0
  • Removes encoding of \, |, and ^ to align better with URL spec
• Deprecate passing options.maxAge and options.expires to res.clearCookie
  • Will be ignored in v5, clearCookie will set a cookie with an expires in the past to instruct clients to delete the cookie

v4.19.2

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• Improved fix for open redirect allow list bypass

v4.19.1

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• Allow passing non-strings to res.location with new encoding handling checks

v4.19.0

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• Prevent open redirect allow list bypass due to encodeurl
• deps: cookie@​0.6.0

v4.18.3

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• Fix routing requests without method
• deps: body-parser@​1.20.2
  • Fix strict json error message on Node.js 19+
  • deps: content-type@~1.0.5
  • deps: raw-body@​2.5.2
• deps: cookie@​0.6.0
  • Add partitioned option

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