CVE-2026-49356Babel: Arbitrary File Read via sourceMappingURL Comment in @babel/core
- 3.2LowCVSS base score
- 0.15%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 96% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Babel is a compiler for writing next generation JavaScript. Prior to 8.0.0-rc.6 and 7.29.6, @babel/core affected by an arbitrary file read via a sourceMappingURL comment. Using @babel/core to compile maliciously crafted code can allow an attacker to read any source map from the system that is running Babel, if the attacker controls the input source code, can read the output source code, and knows the path of the source map file that they want to read. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.0.0-rc.6 and 7.29.6.
Timeline
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By GitHub_M
- 24 days later
· 24 days later
Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low3.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Low3.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.15% · top 96% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.2.
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npm@babel/coreGHSA-4x5r-pxfx-6jf8 (opens in a new tab)
References
References1
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-38302 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-4x5r-pxfx-6jf8 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2026-49356)Record last updated .