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sqlite3 dependency introduces high-severity security vulnerability (GHSA-8qq5-rm4j-mr97) #536

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The current SQLite persistent storage relies on the sqlite3 package which is unmaintained. This introduces a high-severity vulnerability via its dependency on tar (<=7.5.2):

┌─────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ high                │ node-tar is Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Overwrite and │
│                     │ Symlink Poisoning via Insufficient Path Sanitization   │
├─────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Package             │ tar                                                    │
├─────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Vulnerable versions │ <=7.5.2                                                │
├─────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Patched versions    │ >=7.5.3                                                │
├─────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Paths               │ flexsearch > sqlite3 > tar                             │
├─────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ More info           │ https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8qq5-rm4j-mr97      │
└─────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Since sqlite3 is unmaintained this vulnerability is unlikely to be patched upstream.

Proposal:
Replace sqlite3 with better-sqlite3

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