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@samawad samawad commented Sep 27, 2025

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

Snyk changed the following file(s):

  • Gemfile
  • Gemfile.lock

Merge Risk: High

This upgrade spans multiple major versions of Action Pack (Rails 3, 4, and 5), introducing significant and mandatory architectural changes. The upgrade from actionpack@2.3.8 to 5.0.0 is a high-risk migration requiring substantial code refactoring. The typhoeus upgrade from 0.1.31 to 0.2.0 is a minor bump; no specific breaking changes were cited in official sources for this range, but manual validation is recommended.

actionpack (Rails) 2.3.8 → 5.0.0 (high):
This upgrade requires a staged migration through intermediate versions. Key breaking changes include:

  • Rails 3 Transition: Mass assignment protection model changes from attr_accessible to Strong Parameters, a fundamental security update requiring changes in every controller that handles user input. [2, 6]
  • Rails 4 Transition: Controller callbacks like before_filter are replaced by before_action, and models must inherit from a new ApplicationRecord base class instead of directly from ActiveRecord::Base. [3, 7]
  • Rails 5 Transition: Test helpers for controllers now use keyword arguments instead of positional arguments for parameters, requiring updates to the test suite. [23]

Source: Ruby on Rails Upgrade Guides
Recommendation: A staged upgrade (e.g., 2.3 → 3.2 → 4.2 → 5.0) is required to address deprecations and breaking changes incrementally. Developers must rewrite parameter handling, update model inheritance, and refactor controller tests.

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Vulnerabilities that will be fixed with an upgrade:

Issue Score
high severity Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
SNYK-RUBY-RACK-13052974
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