--- title: CVE-2023-45133: Finding an Arbitrary Code Execution... description: A vulnerability in Babel allows for arbitrary code execution, which was assigned the identifier CVE-2023-45133. The proof of concept for the exploit involves... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/cve-2023-45133-finding-an-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-babel-babel-edt8fa8uz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: CVE-2023-45133: Finding an Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability In Babel · Babel | daily.dev og:description: A vulnerability in Babel allows for arbitrary code execution, which was assigned the identifier CVE-2023-45133. The proof of concept for the exploit involves... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/cve-2023-45133-finding-an-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-babel-babel-edt8fa8uz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/EDt8fA8UZ.png og:image:alt: CVE-2023-45133: Finding an Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability In Babel · Babel og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # CVE-2023-45133: Finding an Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability In Babel · Babel **[Babel](https://daily.dev/sources/babel)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A vulnerability in Babel allows for arbitrary code execution, which was assigned the identifier CVE-2023-45133. The proof of concept for the exploit involves using the `evaluate` function in Babel. 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