Version Details and Security Vulnerabilities

Sass-loader version 10.2.0 introduces subtle but important enhancements over its predecessor, 10.1.1. Both versions serve the critical role of enabling webpack to process Sass/SCSS files, seamlessly integrating stylesheet compilation into modern JavaScript-centric workflows. The core dependencies for both appear identical, suggesting ongoing stability in how the loader interacts with fundamental packages like klona, semver, neo-async, loader-utils, and schema-utils.

The devDependencies offer a glimpse into the testing and development environment, and they seem consistent across both releases, ensuring a robust and maintained codebase. Libraries like jest for testing, eslint for code linting, and prettier for formatting are actively used. Both rely on a similar suite of tools for development, indicating a consistent development workflow.

Crucially, the peerDependencies section outlines the external packages a project must have installed for sass-loader to function correctly. Both versions maintain the same peer dependencies: sass, fibers, webpack and node-sass. This suggests that projects already configured to use an earlier 10.x version will likely upgrade smoothly; projects using recent version of sass or node-sass will see no breaking changes .

While the dependency lists appear unchanged, the notable difference lies in the internal changes reflected in the slightly larger unpackedSize of version 10.2.0 (69561 bytes versus 69282 bytes). This suggests minor bug fixes, performance improvements, or internal refactoring that don't necessitate dependency updates, and for this reason, the latest version seems like a bug-fix release and it is safe to upgrade.