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. Its 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.
The product uses a regular expression with an inefficient, possibly exponential worst-case computational complexity that consumes excessive CPU cycles.
Attackers can create crafted inputs that
intentionally cause the regular expression to use
excessive backtracking in a way that causes the CPU
consumption to spike.