Solving the indirect vulnerability enigma - fixing indirect vulnerabilities without breaking your dependency tree

Fixing indirect vulnerabilities is one of those complex, tedious and, quite frankly, boring tasks that no one really wants to touch. No one except for Debricked, it seems. Sure, there are lots of ways to do it manually, but can it be done automatically with minimal risk of breaking changes? The Debricked team decided to find out. 
A forest full of fragile trees
So, where do you even start?

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