From ae89b8f6a2a3e6381ad540f5508965ba5ef1b83e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 02:50:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Bump validator and express-validator in /backend

Bumps [validator](https://github.com/validatorjs/validator.js) to 13.15.20 and updates ancestor dependency [express-validator](https://github.com/express-validator/express-validator). These dependencies need to be updated together.


Updates `validator` from 13.12.0 to 13.15.20
- [Release notes](https://github.com/validatorjs/validator.js/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/validatorjs/validator.js/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/validatorjs/validator.js/compare/13.12.0...13.15.20)

Updates `express-validator` from 7.2.1 to 7.3.0
- [Release notes](https://github.com/express-validator/express-validator/releases)
- [Commits](https://github.com/express-validator/express-validator/compare/v7.2.1...v7.3.0)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: validator
  dependency-version: 13.15.20
  dependency-type: indirect
- dependency-name: express-validator
  dependency-version: 7.3.0
  dependency-type: direct:production
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
---
 backend/package-lock.json | 16 ++++++++--------
 backend/package.json      |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/package-lock.json b/backend/package-lock.json
index c2a9cf38..46f1cd6e 100644
--- a/backend/package-lock.json
+++ b/backend/package-lock.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         "express": "^4.18.2",
         "express-rate-limit": "^7.5.0",
         "express-session": "^1.18.1",
-        "express-validator": "^7.2.1",
+        "express-validator": "^7.3.0",
         "handlebars": "^4.7.8",
         "helmet": "^8.1.0",
         "mongoose": "^8.15.1",
@@ -782,13 +782,13 @@
       "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/express-validator": {
-      "version": "7.2.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/express-validator/-/express-validator-7.2.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-CjNE6aakfpuwGaHQZ3m8ltCG2Qvivd7RHtVMS/6nVxOM7xVGqr4bhflsm4+N5FP5zI7Zxp+Hae+9RE+o8e3ZOQ==",
+      "version": "7.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/express-validator/-/express-validator-7.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-ujK2BX5JUun5NR4JuBo83YSXoDDIpoGz3QxgHTzQcHFevkKnwV1in4K7YNuuXQ1W3a2ObXB/P4OTnTZpUyGWiw==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "lodash": "^4.17.21",
-        "validator": "~13.12.0"
+        "validator": "~13.15.15"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">= 8.0.0"
@@ -2373,9 +2373,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/validator": {
-      "version": "13.12.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/validator/-/validator-13.12.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-c1Q0mCiPlgdTVVVIJIrBuxNicYE+t/7oKeI9MWLj3fh/uq2Pxh/3eeWbVZ4OcGW1TUf53At0njHw5SMdA3tmMg==",
+      "version": "13.15.20",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/validator/-/validator-13.15.20.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-KxPOq3V2LmfQPP4eqf3Mq/zrT0Dqp2Vmx2Bn285LwVahLc+CsxOM0crBHczm8ijlcjZ0Q5Xd6LW3z3odTPnlrw==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">= 0.10"
diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 485bc8b7..647ad7ed 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "express": "^4.18.2",
     "express-rate-limit": "^7.5.0",
     "express-session": "^1.18.1",
-    "express-validator": "^7.2.1",
+    "express-validator": "^7.3.0",
     "handlebars": "^4.7.8",
     "helmet": "^8.1.0",
     "mongoose": "^8.15.1",