[Snyk] Security upgrade express from 4.21.2 to 4.22.0

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Snyk has created this PR to fix 1 vulnerabilities in the npm dependencies of this project.

Snyk changed the following file(s):

• package.json
• package-lock.json

Vulnerabilities that will be fixed with an upgrade:

	Issue	Score
	Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling SNYK-JS-QS-14724253	170

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Pull request overview

This PR upgrades Express from version 4.21.2 to 4.22.0 to address a high-severity security vulnerability (SNYK-JS-QS-14724253) related to allocation of resources without limits or throttling in the qs dependency.

Key Changes:

• Upgrades Express dependency to version 4.22.0
• Updates the qs module to version 6.14.1 (nested dependency under Express) to fix the security vulnerability

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 1 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated no comments.

File	Description
package.json	Updates Express version constraint from ^4.21.2 to ^4.22.0
package-lock.json	Updates Express to 4.22.0, adjusts dependency version ranges, and adds the patched qs 6.14.1 module as a nested dependency

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After thorough review of this security upgrade PR, I found no concrete issues with the changes. The upgrade appears to be properly implemented:

• Version numbers follow semantic versioning correctly
• The package-lock.json properly reflects the dependency resolution with the updated Express version
• The security vulnerability is addressed through the qs module upgrade (6.13.0 → 6.14.1)
• Dependency version range adjustments (exact versions to tilde ranges) are normal when npm regenerates the lock file

The changes are consistent with a standard automated security upgrade from Snyk.

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