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2 title: About audit reports
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4
5 Audit reports contain tables of information about security vulnerabilities in your project's dependencies to help you fix the vulnerability or troubleshoot further.
6
7 <Screenshot src="/packages-and-modules/securing-your-code/audit-report-results.png" alt="Screenshot showing command-line audit report results" />
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9 ## Vulnerability table fields
10
11 - [Severity](#severity)
12 - [Description](#description)
13 - [Package](#package)
14 - [Patched in](#patched-in)
15 - [Dependency of](#dependency-of)
16 - [Path](#path)
17 - [More info](#more-info)
18
19 ### Severity
20
21 The severity of the vulnerability, determined by the impact and exploitability of the vulnerability in its most common use case.
22
23 <DataTable
24 headers={["Severity", "Recommended action"]}
25 align={["l", "l"]}
26 rows={[
27 ["Critical", "Address immediately"],
28 ["High", "Address as quickly as possible"],
29 ["Moderate", "Address as time allows"],
30 ["Low", "Address at your discretion"]
31 ]}
32 />
33
34 #### Description
35
36 The description of the vulnerability. For example, "Denial of service".
37
38 #### Package
39
40 The name of the package that contains the vulnerability.
41
42 #### Patched in
43
44 The semantic version range that describes which versions contain a fix for the vulnerability.
45
46 #### Dependency of
47
48 The module that the package with the vulnerability depends on.
49
50 #### Path
51
52 The path to the code that contains the vulnerability.
53
54 #### More info
55
56 A link to the security report.