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CVE-2026-44728

high
Published 2026-05-26 · Modified 2026-05-28
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CVSS v3
8.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
8.2

Description

Babel is a compiler for writing next generation JavaScript. From 7.12.0 to before 7.29.4 and 8.0.0-alpha.13, using Babel to compile code that was specifically crafted by an attacker can cause Babel to generate output code that executes arbitrary code. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.29.4 and 8.0.0-alpha.13.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
78%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected

Package impact
EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
npm npm@babel/plugin-transform-modules-systemjs>=7.12.0,<7.29.47.29.4
npm npm@babel/plugin-transform-modules-systemjs>=8.0.0-alpha.0,<8.0.0-alpha.138.0.0-alpha.13
npm NPM@babel/plugin-transform-modules-systemjs>= 8.0.0-alpha.0, <= 8.0.0-alpha.128.0.0-alpha.13
npm NPM@babel/plugin-transform-modules-systemjs>= 7.12.0, <= 7.29.37.29.4

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
babelbabel{"startIncluding":"7.12.0","endExcluding":"7.29.4"}7.29.4
babelbabel8.0.0

References

CWEs

CWE-94 CWE-843

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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