[RFC]: Fix vulnerabilities

## RFC

Installing the project dependencies using:

```shell
npm install
```

complains that there are

> 30 vulnerabilities (6 moderate, 2 high, 22 critical)

Could we address at least the critical ones?

| Q                   | A      |
| ------------------- | ------ |
| Proposed Version(s) | 1.0.x  |
| BC Break?           | No |
