---
title: "CVE-2023-45133: Finding an Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability In Babel · Babel"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/cve-2023-45133-finding-an-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-babel-babel-edt8fa8uz
source_url: https://babeljs.io/blog/2023/10/16/cve-2023-45133
type: article
source: "Babel"
published: 2023-10-18T13:24:07.112Z
updated: 2023-10-18T13:23:52.128Z
tags: ["security", "javascript", "vulnerability", "babel"]
reading_time: 8
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# 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. The vulnerability has been patched by the Babel team.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://babeljs.io/blog/2023/10/16/cve-2023-45133>

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