Eureka Core dependency in spring-cloud-starter-netflix-eureka-client

[PrzemyslawSwiderski]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

In projects using the spring-cloud-starter-netflix-eureka-client I am facing multiple security vulnerabilities (e.g.woodstox,xstream) due to transitive eureka-core required dependency.

Describe the solution you'd like

I do not see it being used in the client starter at all. It is also defined as an optional in spring-cloud-netflix-eureka-client module.
Is this dependency in starter really needed? Can't it be removed or marked as an optional?

Describe alternatives you've considered

It is possible to exclude the dependency in the project POMs but it is rather hacky solution which only obfuscates the XML.