CVE-2025-27789
Inefficient RexExp complexity in generated code with .replace when transpiling named capturing groups
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
Babel is a compiler for writing next generation JavaScript. When using versions of Babel prior to 7.26.10 and 8.0.0-alpha.17 to compile regular expression named capturing groups, Babel will generate a polyfill for the `.replace` method that has quadratic complexity on some specific replacement pattern strings (i.e. the second argument passed to `.replace`). Generated code is vulnerable if all the following conditions are true: Using Babel to compile regular expression named capturing groups, using the `.replace` method on a regular expression that contains named capturing groups, and the code using untrusted strings as the second argument of `.replace`. This problem has been fixed in `@babel/helpers` and `@babel/runtime` 7.26.10 and 8.0.0-alpha.17. It's likely that individual users do not directly depend on `@babel/helpers`, and instead depend on `@babel/core` (which itself depends on `@babel/helpers`). Upgrading to `@babel/core` 7.26.10 is not required, but it guarantees use of a new enough `@babel/helpers` version. Note that just updating Babel dependencies is not enough; one will also need to re-compile the code. No known workarounds are available.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:Track*
Timeline
- 2025-03-06 CVE Reserved
- 2025-03-11 CVE Published
- 2025-03-11 CVE Updated
- 2025-06-15 EPSS Updated
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CWE
- CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
CAPEC
References (2)
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https://github.com/babel/babel/pull/17173 | X_refsource_misc | |
https://github.com/babel/babel/security/advisories/GHSA-968p-4wvh-cqc8 | X_refsource_confirm |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Babel Search vendor "Babel" | Babel Search vendor "Babel" for product "Babel" | < 7.26.10 Search vendor "Babel" for product "Babel" and version " < 7.26.10" | en |
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Babel Search vendor "Babel" | Babel Search vendor "Babel" for product "Babel" | 8.0.0 Search vendor "Babel" for product "Babel" and version "8.0.0" | en |
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