[Snyk] Security upgrade lodash from 4.17.23 to 4.18.1

[dhcrees]

Snyk has created this PR to fix 2 vulnerabilities in the npm dependencies of this project.

Snyk changed the following file(s):

• package.json
• package-lock.json

Vulnerabilities that will be fixed with an upgrade:

	Issue	Score
	Arbitrary Code Injection SNYK-JS-LODASH-15869625	716
	Prototype Pollution SNYK-JS-LODASH-15869619	631

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[dhcrees]

This minor version upgrade for lodash introduces security fixes that alter existing behavior, warranting a medium risk assessment.

Key Changes:

• _.unset / _.omit: To fix a prototype pollution vulnerability, calls attempting to traverse forbidden paths (like constructor or prototype) will now return false and not delete the property. Previously, these calls might have returned true. Code that relies on the return value of these functions for flow control may be impacted.
• _.template: To fix a code injection vulnerability, the function will now throw an "Invalid imports option" error if the imports keys contain forbidden characters. Previously, this might have been ignored.

Recommendation: While these are important security updates, the changes introduce stricter validation and modified return values. It is recommended to verify that your application's usage of _.unset, _.omit, and _.template is not affected by this stricter behavior.

Source: GitHub Release Notes

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