[Snyk] Security upgrade @angular/common from 5.2.8 to 19.2.16

[saurabharch]

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
	Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data SNYK-JS-ANGULARCOMMON-14135651	671

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Summary of Changes

Hello @saurabharch, 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!

This pull request automates the resolution of a critical security vulnerability within the project's dependencies. By upgrading the @angular/common package, it mitigates a high-severity risk concerning the potential insertion of sensitive information into sent data, thereby enhancing the overall security posture of the application.

Highlights

• Security Vulnerability Fix: This pull request, automatically generated by Snyk, addresses a high-severity security vulnerability (SNYK-JS-ANGULARCOMMON-14135651) related to the "Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data".
• Dependency Upgrade: The identified vulnerability is resolved by upgrading the @angular/common package from version 5.2.8 to 19.2.16.

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Code Review

This pull request upgrades @angular/common from version 5.2.8 to 19.2.16 to fix a security vulnerability. While addressing the vulnerability is important, this large jump in a single Angular package, while leaving other core Angular packages at version 5, will certainly break the application. Angular packages are designed to be version-locked. I've added a critical comment highlighting the need to upgrade all @angular/* packages simultaneously to maintain compatibility. This will be a significant migration effort, likely involving code changes to adapt to numerous breaking changes between Angular 5 and 19, including the replacement of the deprecated @angular/http module.

[gemini-code-assist]

Upgrading @angular/common to version 19 while other Angular packages like @angular/core, @angular/compiler, etc., remain on version 5 will cause major dependency conflicts and break the application. All @angular/* packages should be on the same major version to ensure compatibility.

To fix this, you should upgrade all other @angular/* dependencies in this package.json to a compatible version, for example ^19.2.16.

The packages to upgrade include:

• @angular/animations
• @angular/compiler
• @angular/core
• @angular/forms
• @angular/platform-browser
• @angular/platform-browser-dynamic
• @angular/router

Additionally, please note that:

1. @angular/http was deprecated and removed in later versions of Angular. It should be replaced by HttpClientModule from @angular/common/http, which will require code refactoring.
2. This upgrade also introduces a dependency on tslib@^2.3.0, while your other Angular v5 packages depend on tslib@^1.7.1. This version mismatch for tslib can also lead to build or runtime errors. A full framework upgrade will resolve this.