VDB
KO
LOW 3.2

GHSA-4x5r-pxfx-6jf8

@babel/core: Arbitrary File Read via sourceMappingURL Comment

Details

## Impact

Using `@babel/core` to compile maliciously crafted code can allow ab attacker to read any source map from the system that is running Babel, if these conditions are _all_ true: - the attacker controls the input source code - the attacker can read the output source code - the attacker knows the path of the source map file that they want to read

**Users that only compile trusted code are not impacted.**

## Patches

The vulnerability has been fixed in `@babel/core@7.29.6` and `@babel/core@8.0.0-rc.6`.

## Workarounds

Callers can mitigate the issue without upgrading by setting [`inputSourceMap: false`](https://babeljs.io/docs/options#inputsourcemap) in their Babel options.

Callers can also manually extract the `#sourceMappingURL` comment from the input source code, validate whether the source map that it links to is allowed to be read, and if it is pass an object to `inputSourceMap` (passing `false` when it's not).

## Credits

Thanks Teodor-Cristian Radoi for reporting the vulnerability.

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Affected packages

npm / @babel/core
Introduced in: 8.0.0-alpha.0 Fixed in: 8.0.0-rc.6
Fix npm install @babel/core@8.0.0-rc.6
npm / @babel/core
Introduced in: 0 Fixed in: 7.29.6
Fix npm install @babel/core@7.29.6

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