[BUG]Get SyntaxError during scanner run

[kumo2kumo]

Description:
I scanned my code with Salesforce Code Analyzer for security review and got SyntaxError.

run: sf scanner run --format=csv --outfile=CodeAnalyzerGeneral.csv --target="./" --category="Security"
error: SyntaxError: Error parsing C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\sf\node_modules\@salesforce\sfdx-scanner\node_modules\simple-swizzle\package.json: Unexpected token '', ""... is not valid JSON

Steps To Reproduce:

1. update latest version of the CLI, by sf update.
2. install by sf plugins install @salesforce/sfdx-scanner.
3. change to the top-level directory of my code and metadata.
4. run sf scanner run --format=csv --outfile=CodeAnalyzerGeneral.csv --target="./" --category="Security"
5. got error SyntaxError: Error parsing C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\sf\node_modules\@salesforce\sfdx-scanner\node_modules\simple-swizzle\package.json: Unexpected token '', ""... is not valid JSON

follwed by salesforce guide

Desktop:

• OS : windwos 11
• Code Analyzer version: 3.21.0
• Salesforce CLI version: @salesforce/cli/2.30.8 win32-x64 node-v20.11.1
• node version: v20.11.1

Workaround:

• I tried doing it with a different project code and ran into the same error.
• The version of node was 18, so I upgraded it to v20.11.1.

[stephen-carter-at-sf]

Hello @kumo2kumo . I am unable to reproduce this error. Can you please first try updating to our latest-beta to see if the issue happens there as well. That is, do the following:

sf plugins uninstall @salesforce/sfdx-scanner
sf plugins install @salesforce/sfdx-scanner@latest-beta

then run your command.

If you still get an error, can you please copy/paste the contents of the C:\Users<username>\AppData\Local\sf\node_modules@salesforce\sfdx-scanner\node_modules\simple-swizzle\package.json file here as a comment.

[kumo2kumo]

Hi, @stephen-carter-at-sf. Thanks for your reply.
I did the following commands as you told me and it worked!

sf plugins uninstall @salesforce/sfdx-scanner
sf plugins install @salesforce/sfdx-scanner@latest-beta

Thank you very much for your help.

[stephen-carter-at-sf]

Great. Closing this issue then.