Highlights
Dependency Vulnerability: 2 prior fixes. Scrutinize any change in this area.
install/libvips.js: most-fixed (1 issue). Treat as high-risk during review.
3 high-severity fixes in this history; regressions here are high-impact.
Recurring patterns
The bug types that recur here, drawn from past fixes, not open vulnerabilities.
Supply Chain Attack: Prebuilt binaries are downloaded and extracted without integrity verification, allowing tampered artifacts to be executed.
Dependency Vulnerability: Bundled libtiff v4.0.6 contains known vulnerabilities that were patched only after the fact, indicating risk of shipping outdated vulnerable library versions.
Dependency Vulnerability: libxml2 2.9.3 is vulnerable to CVE-2016-4448; the fix was a version bump, showing the need for proactive dependency updates across all build paths.