add harding preventing supply chain attacks.

[Sharmaz]

Changes:

• Add .npmrc with lockfile enforcement, ignore-scripts, audit level high, and no fund noise
• Pin all GitHub Actions to commit SHA instead of mutable tags (@v4)
• Add npm audit --audit-level=high step to all CI workflows
• Add permissions: contents: read top-level to all workflows (least privilege)
• Add new dependency-review.yml workflow to block PRs introducing vulnerable or unlicensed dependencies

[github-actions]

Dependency Review

✅ No vulnerabilities or license issues or OpenSSF Scorecard issues found.

OpenSSF Scorecard

Package	Version	Score	Details
actions/actions/checkout	11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683	🟢 5.7	Details Check Score Reason Maintained ⚠️ 0 1 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 0 Binary-Artifacts 🟢 10 no binaries found in the repo Code-Review 🟢 10 all changesets reviewed Dangerous-Workflow 🟢 10 no dangerous workflow patterns detected CII-Best-Practices ⚠️ 0 no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected Token-Permissions ⚠️ 0 detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions Pinned-Dependencies 🟢 3 dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 3 Packaging ⚠️ -1 packaging workflow not detected License 🟢 10 license file detected Fuzzing ⚠️ 0 project is not fuzzed Signed-Releases ⚠️ -1 no releases found Security-Policy 🟢 9 security policy file detected Branch-Protection 🟢 5 branch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches SAST 🟢 8 SAST tool detected but not run on all commits
actions/actions/setup-node	49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020	🟢 5.8	Details Check Score Reason Maintained 🟢 7 9 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 7 Code-Review 🟢 10 all changesets reviewed Packaging ⚠️ -1 packaging workflow not detected CII-Best-Practices ⚠️ 0 no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected Dangerous-Workflow 🟢 10 no dangerous workflow patterns detected Binary-Artifacts 🟢 9 binaries present in source code Token-Permissions ⚠️ 0 detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions Pinned-Dependencies ⚠️ 0 dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0 Fuzzing ⚠️ 0 project is not fuzzed License 🟢 10 license file detected Signed-Releases ⚠️ -1 no releases found Security-Policy 🟢 9 security policy file detected Branch-Protection ⚠️ 1 branch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches SAST 🟢 9 SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 9
npm/brace-expansion	5.0.6	🟢 6.3	Details Check Score Reason Maintained 🟢 10 14 commit(s) and 3 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 Dangerous-Workflow 🟢 10 no dangerous workflow patterns detected Security-Policy 🟢 10 security policy file detected Binary-Artifacts 🟢 10 no binaries found in the repo Code-Review ⚠️ 2 Found 7/24 approved changesets -- score normalized to 2 Token-Permissions 🟢 10 GitHub workflow tokens follow principle of least privilege Packaging ⚠️ -1 packaging workflow not detected Pinned-Dependencies ⚠️ 0 dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0 CII-Best-Practices ⚠️ 0 no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected Fuzzing ⚠️ 0 project is not fuzzed License 🟢 9 license file detected Branch-Protection ⚠️ -1 internal error: error during branchesHandler.setup: internal error: some github tokens can't read classic branch protection rules: https://github.com/ossf/scorecard-action/blob/main/docs/authentication/fine-grained-auth-token.md Signed-Releases ⚠️ -1 no releases found SAST ⚠️ 0 SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
npm/brace-expansion	2.1.0	🟢 6.3	Details Check Score Reason Maintained 🟢 10 14 commit(s) and 3 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 Dangerous-Workflow 🟢 10 no dangerous workflow patterns detected Security-Policy 🟢 10 security policy file detected Binary-Artifacts 🟢 10 no binaries found in the repo Code-Review ⚠️ 2 Found 7/24 approved changesets -- score normalized to 2 Token-Permissions 🟢 10 GitHub workflow tokens follow principle of least privilege Packaging ⚠️ -1 packaging workflow not detected Pinned-Dependencies ⚠️ 0 dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0 CII-Best-Practices ⚠️ 0 no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected Fuzzing ⚠️ 0 project is not fuzzed License 🟢 9 license file detected Branch-Protection ⚠️ -1 internal error: error during branchesHandler.setup: internal error: some github tokens can't read classic branch protection rules: https://github.com/ossf/scorecard-action/blob/main/docs/authentication/fine-grained-auth-token.md Signed-Releases ⚠️ -1 no releases found SAST ⚠️ 0 SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
npm/brace-expansion	1.1.14	🟢 6.3	Details Check Score Reason Maintained 🟢 10 14 commit(s) and 3 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 Dangerous-Workflow 🟢 10 no dangerous workflow patterns detected Security-Policy 🟢 10 security policy file detected Binary-Artifacts 🟢 10 no binaries found in the repo Code-Review ⚠️ 2 Found 7/24 approved changesets -- score normalized to 2 Token-Permissions 🟢 10 GitHub workflow tokens follow principle of least privilege Packaging ⚠️ -1 packaging workflow not detected Pinned-Dependencies ⚠️ 0 dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0 CII-Best-Practices ⚠️ 0 no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected Fuzzing ⚠️ 0 project is not fuzzed License 🟢 9 license file detected Branch-Protection ⚠️ -1 internal error: error during branchesHandler.setup: internal error: some github tokens can't read classic branch protection rules: https://github.com/ossf/scorecard-action/blob/main/docs/authentication/fine-grained-auth-token.md Signed-Releases ⚠️ -1 no releases found SAST ⚠️ 0 SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
npm/flatted	3.4.2	🟢 4.4	Details Check Score Reason Code-Review ⚠️ 0 Found 1/14 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0 Maintained 🟢 10 30 commit(s) and 3 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 Packaging ⚠️ -1 packaging workflow not detected Dangerous-Workflow 🟢 10 no dangerous workflow patterns detected Binary-Artifacts 🟢 10 no binaries found in the repo Security-Policy 🟢 4 security policy file detected Token-Permissions ⚠️ 0 detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions Pinned-Dependencies ⚠️ 1 dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 1 CII-Best-Practices ⚠️ 0 no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected Fuzzing ⚠️ 0 project is not fuzzed License 🟢 10 license file detected Signed-Releases ⚠️ -1 no releases found Branch-Protection ⚠️ 0 branch protection not enabled on development/release branches SAST 🟢 4 SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 4
npm/picomatch	4.0.4	🟢 6.2	Details Check Score Reason Code-Review 🟢 3 Found 6/20 approved changesets -- score normalized to 3 Dangerous-Workflow 🟢 10 no dangerous workflow patterns detected Maintained 🟢 10 20 commit(s) and 5 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 Packaging ⚠️ -1 packaging workflow not detected Token-Permissions 🟢 10 GitHub workflow tokens follow principle of least privilege Binary-Artifacts 🟢 10 no binaries found in the repo Pinned-Dependencies 🟢 3 dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 3 CII-Best-Practices ⚠️ 0 no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected License 🟢 10 license file detected Fuzzing ⚠️ 0 project is not fuzzed Signed-Releases ⚠️ -1 no releases found Branch-Protection ⚠️ 0 branch protection not enabled on development/release branches Security-Policy 🟢 10 security policy file detected SAST ⚠️ 2 SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 2
npm/picomatch	2.3.2	🟢 6.2	Details Check Score Reason Code-Review 🟢 3 Found 6/20 approved changesets -- score normalized to 3 Dangerous-Workflow 🟢 10 no dangerous workflow patterns detected Maintained 🟢 10 20 commit(s) and 5 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 Packaging ⚠️ -1 packaging workflow not detected Token-Permissions 🟢 10 GitHub workflow tokens follow principle of least privilege Binary-Artifacts 🟢 10 no binaries found in the repo Pinned-Dependencies 🟢 3 dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 3 CII-Best-Practices ⚠️ 0 no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected License 🟢 10 license file detected Fuzzing ⚠️ 0 project is not fuzzed Signed-Releases ⚠️ -1 no releases found Branch-Protection ⚠️ 0 branch protection not enabled on development/release branches Security-Policy 🟢 10 security policy file detected SAST ⚠️ 2 SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 2

Scanned Files

• .github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
• package-lock.json