Babel vulnerable to arbitrary code execution when compiling specifically crafted malicious code

Description

Using Babel to compile code that was specifically crafted by an attacker can lead to arbitrary code execution during compilation, when using plugins that rely on the path.evaluate()or path.evaluateTruthy() internal Babel methods.

Recommendation

Update the @babel/traverse package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): **>= 8.0.0-alpha.0, < 8.0.0-alpha.4

  < 7.23.2**

• Patched version(s): **8.0.0-alpha.4

  7.23.2**

References

• GHSA-67hx-6x53-jw92
• www.debian.org
• lists.debian.org
• babeljs.io
• CVE-2023-45133
• CWE-184
• CWE-697
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

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Tags:

npm

@babel/traverse