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brakeman
Security vulnerability scanner for Ruby on Rails.
brakemanrailsrubysecuritysecurity-auditsecurity-toolssecurity-vulnerabilitystatic-analysis
github.com/presidentbeef/brakemanbrakemanscanner.org/Brakeman Public Use LicenseJustin Collins7.3k · 778 forks · 201 contributors
Release cadenceEvery 2 months
Last releaseOct 1, 2026
Open advisories0
Changelog quality95% curated
GitHub Releases + CHANGELOG, gaps for some releases
Release history SecurityYou're on
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Upgrade guides
Breaking changes and a migration checklist for each major versionbrakeman 7 → 87.1.2 → 8.1.0Oct 1, 2026 BreakingBreaking2New5Changed9Fixed19brakeman 6 → 76.2.2 → 7.1.2Dec 25, 2025 BreakingBreaking2Platform2New7Changed16Fixed15Other1brakeman 5 → 65.4.1 → 6.2.2Oct 18, 2024 BreakingSecurity1Platform1New17Changed8Fixed15Other5brakeman 4 → 54.10.1 → 5.4.1Feb 21, 2023 BreakingBreaking1Security1Platform3New30Changed23Fixed31Other3brakeman 3 → 43.7.2 → 4.10.1Dec 25, 2020 BreakingBreaking8Security19New33Changed16Fixed41Other74brakeman 2 → 32.6.3 → 3.7.2Aug 16, 2017 BreakingBreaking2Security15New31Changed68Fixed98Other7brakeman 1 → 21.9.5 → 2.6.3Oct 14, 2014 BreakingBreaking5Security20New25Changed8Fixed30Other39brakeman 0.9 → 10.9.2 → 1.9.5Apr 5, 2013 BreakingBreaking2Security20New50Changed67Fixed91Other9brakeman 0.8 → 0.90.8.4 → 0.9.2Nov 22, 2011 SafeSecurity2Fixed2Other3brakeman 0.7 → 0.80.7.2 → 0.8.4Nov 4, 2011 Review neededSecurity1New8Changed6Fixed5Other1brakeman 0.6 → 0.70.6.1 → 0.7.2Aug 27, 2011 Review neededSecurity1New2Changed1Fixed1Other2brakeman 0.5 → 0.60.5.2 → 0.6.1Jul 29, 2011 Unknownbrakeman 0.4 → 0.50.4.1 → 0.5.2Jun 29, 2011 SafeNew5Fixed2Other2brakeman 0.3 → 0.40.3.2 → 0.4.1May 23, 2011 SafeSecurity1New1Fixed1Other1brakeman 0.2 → 0.30.2.2 → 0.3.2May 12, 2011 SafeSecurity2Other5brakeman 0.1 → 0.20.1.1 → 0.2.2Feb 22, 2011 Review neededSecurity2Changed1Fixed1brakeman 0.0 → 0.10.0.3 → 0.1.1Jan 25, 2011 Review neededNew2Changed2Fixed1Other1
VersionChannelDateChangesSecurity
8.1.0 StableOct 1, 2026New3Changed4Fixed18.0.6 youStableAug 12, 2026New1Fixed38.0.5 StableJun 12, 2026Changed1Fixed68.0.4 StableFeb 27, 2026Fixed18.0.3 StableFeb 26, 2026New1Fixed38.0.2 StableFeb 3, 2026Fixed28.0.1 StableJan 30, 2026Fixed18.0.0 StableJan 29, 2026Breaking2Changed4Fixed27.1.2 StableDec 25, 2025Platform1Changed2Fixed27.1.1 StableNov 4, 2025New1Changed2Fixed67.1.0 StableJul 18, 2025New3Changed4Other17.0.2 StableApr 4, 2025Fixed17.0.1 StableApr 4, 2025New1Changed2Fixed37.0.0 StableDec 31, 2024Breaking2Platform1New2Changed6Fixed36.2.2 StableOct 18, 2024Changed2Fixed16.2.2.rc1 RCOct 15, 2024No notes published6.2.1 StableAug 22, 2024New7Changed1Fixed2Other16.2.0 StableAug 22, 2024New6Changed1Fixed3Other16.1.2 StableFeb 2, 2024Changed4Fixed36.1.1 StableDec 24, 2023Fixed1