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GHSA-fv7c-fp4j-7gwp

@babel/plugin-transform-modules-systemjs generates arbitrary code when compiling malicious input

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) High CVE-2026-44728

Packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
npm @babel/plugin-transform-modules-systemjs >= 7.12.0, < 7.29.4 7.29.4
npm @babel/plugin-transform-modules-systemjs >= 8.0.0-alpha.0, < 8.0.0-alpha.13 8.0.0-alpha.13

Details

As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).

### Impact Using Babel to compile code that was specifically crafted by an attacker can cause Babel to generate output code that executes arbitrary code. Known affected plugins are: - `@babel/plugin-transform-modules-systemjs` - `@babel/preset-env` when using the [`modules: "systemjs"` option](https://babel.dev/docs/babel-preset-env#modules), as it delegates to `@babel/plugin-transform-modules-systemjs` No other plugins under the `@babel` namespace are impacted. **Users that only compile trusted code are not impacted.** ### Patches The vulnerability has been fixed in `@babel/[email protected]`. Babel also released `@babel/[email protected]`, updating its `@babel/plugin-transform-modules-systemjs` dependency, to simplify forcing the update if you are using `@babel/preset-env` directly. ### Workarounds - Pin `@babel/parser` to v7.11.5. The downgrade will completely disable string module name parsing, but it would also disable other new language features and the build pipeline may fail as a result. Only do so if you are working on a legacy codebase and can not upgrade `@babel/plugin-transform-modules-systemjs` to v7.29.4. - Do not use the `modules: "systemjs"` option, migrate the codebase to native ES Modules or any other module formats. ### Credits Babel thanks Daniel Cervera for reporting the vulnerability.

References

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