@babel/cli version 7.25.6 introduces subtle updates compared to the previous stable release, 7.24.8. Both versions serve as the command-line interface for Babel, a crucial tool for modern JavaScript development, enabling developers to transpile next-generation JavaScript code into browser-compatible versions. A notable difference lies in the updated @babel/core dependency within the devDependencies. Version 7.25.6 specifies @babel/core version ^7.25.2, while 7.24.8 uses @babel/core version 7.24.8. This indicates that the newer CLI version is tested and compatible with a more recent core Babel transformation engine. Similarly the @babel/helper-transform-fixture-test-runner dependency is updated to ^7.25.4 from ^7.24.8. Furthermore, the optional dependency chokidar:"^3.6.0" is updated from "chokidar":"^3.4.0" which can bring bugfixes or performance improvements around file watching capabilities. Those optional dependencies are meant to be used during development to watch files and enable faster rebuilds. Developers upgrading should be aware of potential minor breaking changes or enhanced features within the @babel/core package when transitioning to 7.25.6. The core dependencies such as glob, slash, make-dir, commander, convert-source-map, fs-readdir-recursive, and @jridgewell/trace-mapping remain consistent, which suggest that the core file processing and source map handling functionalities stay relatively stable. The releaseDate also indicates that "@babel/cli": "7.25.6" is the most recent releases with fixes and updates. Finally, the "unpackedSize" saw a slight reduction which is a tiny improvement for the final bundle size.
The are not vulnerabilities for the version 7.25.6 of the package @babel/cli