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Snyk has created this PR to upgrade axios from 1.6.4 to 1.9.0.

ℹ️ Keep your dependencies up-to-date. This makes it easier to fix existing vulnerabilities and to more quickly identify and fix newly disclosed vulnerabilities when they affect your project.

  • The recommended version is 23 versions ahead of your current version.

  • The recommended version was released 22 days ago.

Issues fixed by the recommended upgrade:

Issue Score Exploit Maturity
high severity Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF)
SNYK-JS-AXIOS-7361793		 761 Proof of Concept
medium severity Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF)
SNYK-JS-AXIOS-9292519		 761 Proof of Concept
medium severity Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF)
SNYK-JS-AXIOS-9403194		 761 No Known Exploit
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Package name: axios from axios GitHub release notes

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fix: upgrade axios from 1.6.4 to 1.9.0
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Snyk has created this PR to upgrade axios from 1.6.4 to 1.9.0.

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Hello @nejidevelops, I'm Gemini Code Assist1! I'm currently reviewing this pull request and will post my feedback shortly. In the meantime, here's a summary to help you and other reviewers quickly get up to speed!

Summary of Changes

Hello team, gemini-code-assist here to provide a summary of this pull request. This PR, automatically generated by Snyk, aims to upgrade the axios dependency from version 1.6.4 to 1.9.0. The primary motivation for this upgrade is to address several security vulnerabilities, including multiple Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF) issues, as identified by Snyk. The changes involve updating the version specification in package.json and the locked version and its sub-dependency (follow-redirects) in package-lock.json within the client application directory.

Highlights

  • Dependency Upgrade: Upgrades the axios library from version 1.6.4 to 1.9.0.
  • Security Fixes: The upgrade addresses multiple security vulnerabilities, specifically Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF) issues (SNYK-JS-AXIOS-7361793, SNYK-JS-AXIOS-9292519, SNYK-JS-AXIOS-9403194).
  • Sub-dependency Update: Includes an update to the follow-redirects sub-dependency from 1.15.4 to 1.15.6 as part of the axios upgrade.

Changelog

  • course-04/project/c4-final-project-starter-code/client/package-lock.json
    • Updated axios version from 1.6.4 to 1.9.0 (lines 3496-3498)
    • Updated follow-redirects dependency version from ^1.15.4 to ^1.15.6 (line 3501)
  • course-04/project/c4-final-project-starter-code/client/package.json
    • Updated axios dependency version specification from ^1.6.4 to ^1.9.0 in dependencies (line 6)
    • Updated axios dependency version specification from ^1.6.4 to ^1.9.0 in devDependencies (line 26)
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Code Review

This pull request upgrades axios from 1.6.4 to 1.9.0 to address security vulnerabilities. This is a positive and necessary change.

Key considerations for this upgrade:

  1. Potential Breaking Change: Axios v1.8.0 introduced a change related to how absolute URLs are handled when a baseURL is configured (via the allowAbsoluteUrls option, defaulting to false). If your project uses a global axios.defaults.baseURL or configures baseURL in axios.create(), requests made with absolute URLs (like those in todos-api.ts) might behave differently. Please verify this and test thoroughly.
  2. Testing: Due to the significant version jump (23 versions), comprehensive end-to-end testing of all features relying on Axios API calls is critical to ensure no regressions or unexpected behavior.

Summary of Findings

  • Security Vulnerability Remediation: The primary purpose of this PR is to upgrade axios to fix critical and high severity security vulnerabilities (SSRF). This is a highly beneficial change.
  • Potential Breaking Change in Axios: Axios v1.8.0 (an intermediate version in this upgrade path) introduced changes related to allowAbsoluteUrls that could affect how requests with absolute URLs behave if a baseURL is also configured. Thorough testing is needed to ensure compatibility.
  • Duplicate Dependency Declaration: axios is declared in both dependencies and devDependencies in package.json. It's recommended to keep it only in dependencies for a client-side runtime library. I did not add a review comment for this due to the review settings.

Merge Readiness

This PR addresses important security vulnerabilities by upgrading axios. However, due to the significant version jump and a noted potential breaking change in an intermediate Axios version (v1.8.0), thorough testing of all API integrations is crucial before merging. Additionally, there's a minor suggestion to clean up a duplicate dependency declaration in package.json.

I recommend addressing the duplicate dependency and, most importantly, performing comprehensive testing. Once testing confirms no regressions, this PR should be good to merge. I am not authorized to approve pull requests, so please ensure further review and approval from authorized maintainers.

course-04/project/c4-final-project-starter-code/client/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
"@types/react-router-dom": "^5.1.8",
"@types/styled-components": "^5.1.11",
"auth0-js": "^9.16.2",
"axios": "^1.6.4",
"axios": "^1.9.0",
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It appears axios is listed in both dependencies (line 6) and devDependencies (line 26). Typically, a library like axios used for runtime API calls in a client application should only be in dependencies.

While this PR's main goal is the version upgrade, could this be an opportunity to consolidate axios into just the dependencies section to avoid redundancy and potential confusion?

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