vulnerability fix

[harshitasao]

Description

Fixed vulnerability which is reported by scorecard.

Related Issue

Part of #3441

Motivation and Context

Screenshots (if appropriate)

Types of changes

• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to change)
• Documentation Update (if none of the other choices apply)

Checklist

• My change requires a change to the documentation.
• I have updated the documentation accordingly.
• I have read the CONTRIBUTING document.
• I have added tests to cover my changes.

[gaius-qi]

LGTM

[codecov]

Codecov Report

All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 52.51%. Comparing base (d68e707) to head (6fd6a95).
Report is 3 commits behind head on main.

Additional details and impacted files

@@            Coverage Diff             @@
##             main    #3443      +/-   ##
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- Coverage   52.64%   52.51%   -0.13%     
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  Files         194      194              
  Lines       20587    20587              
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- Hits        10837    10811      -26     
- Misses       8942     8962      +20     
- Partials      808      814       +6     

Flag	Coverage Δ
unittests	52.51% <ø> (-0.13%)	⬇️

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