CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-45133
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-10-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.3 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-184, CWE-697
Description
Babel is a compiler for writingJavaScript. In `@babel/traverse` prior to versions 7.23.2 and 8.0.0-alpha.4 and all versions of `babel-traverse`, 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. Known affected plugins are `@babel/plugin-transform-runtime`; `@babel/preset-env` when using its `useBuiltIns` option; and any "polyfill provider" plugin that depends on `@babel/helper-define-polyfill-provider`, such as `babel-plugin-polyfill-corejs3`, `babel-plugin-polyfill-corejs2`, `babel-plugin-polyfill-es-shims`, `babel-plugin-polyfill-regenerator`. No other plugins under the `@babel/` namespace are impacted, but third-party plugins might be. Users that only compile trusted code are not impacted. The vulnerability has been fixed in `@babel/[email protected]` and `@babel/[email protected]`. Those who cannot upgrade `@babel/traverse` and are using one of the affected packages mentioned above should upgrade them to their latest version to avoid triggering the vulnerable code path in affected `@babel/traverse` versions: `@babel/plugin-transform-runtime` v7.23.2, `@babel/preset-env` v7.23.2, `@babel/helper-define-polyfill-provider` v0.4.3, `babel-plugin-polyfill-corejs2` v0.4.6, `babel-plugin-polyfill-corejs3` v0.8.5, `babel-plugin-polyfill-es-shims` v0.10.0, `babel-plugin-polyfill-regenerator` v0.5.3.
Affected configurations
• debian debian linux 10.0
• debian debian linux 11.0
• debian debian linux 12.0
• babeljs babel (< 7.23.2)
• babeljs babel 8.0.0
• babeljs babel-helper-define-polyfill-provider (< 0.4.3)
• babeljs babel-plugin-polyfill-corejs2 (< 0.4.6)
• babeljs babel-plugin-polyfill-corejs3 (< 0.8.5)
• babeljs babel-plugin-polyfill-es-shims (< 0.10.0)
• babeljs babel-plugin-polyfill-regenerator (< 0.5.3)
• babeljs babel-plugin-transform-runtime (< 7.23.2)
• babeljs babel-preset-env (< 7.23.2)
Related
References
- https://github.com/babel/babel/commit/b13376b346946e3f62fc0848c1d2a23223314c82 Patch
- https://github.com/babel/babel/pull/16033 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/babel/babel/releases/tag/v7.23.2 Patch
- https://github.com/babel/babel/releases/tag/v8.0.0-alpha.4 Patch
- https://github.com/babel/babel/security/advisories/GHSA-67hx-6x53-jw92 Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00026.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5528 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/babel/babel/commit/b13376b346946e3f62fc0848c1d2a23223314c82 Patch
- https://github.com/babel/babel/pull/16033 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/babel/babel/releases/tag/v7.23.2 Patch
- https://github.com/babel/babel/releases/tag/v8.0.0-alpha.4 Patch
- https://github.com/babel/babel/security/advisories/GHSA-67hx-6x53-jw92 Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00026.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5528 Issue Tracking