Vega vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting via RegExp.prototype[@@replace]

Description

Users running Vega/Vega-lite JSON definitions could run unexpected JavaScript code when drawing graphs, unless the library is used with the vega-interpreter.

Recommendation

Update the vega-functions package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

Affected version(s): < 5.17.0
Patched version(s): 5.17.0

References

GHSA-963h-3v39-3pqf
vega.github.io
CVE-2025-27793
CWE-79
CWE-87
CAPEC-310
OWASP 2021-A3
OWASP 2021-A6

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