Ts-jest version 18.0.1 is a minor patch release following closely after version 18.0.0, both designed to seamlessly integrate TypeScript with the Jest testing framework, offering sourcemap support for enhanced debugging. Examining the package metadata reveals subtle but important distinctions.
The core dependencies of both versions are identical, ensuring consistent functionality in areas like argument parsing (yargs), file matching (glob-all), and utility functions (lodash). Development dependencies, crucial for building and testing the package itself, also remain the same, suggesting a focus on internal improvements rather than significant feature additions.
The key difference lies in the peer dependencies, specifically the allowed Jest version. Version 18.0.0 declares a peer dependency of ~18.0.0 for Jest, tightly restricting usage to the exact 18.0.0 version. Version 18.0.1 loosens this constraint to ^18.0.0, allowing compatibility with any Jest version within the 18.x.x range. This is a significant upgrade for developers as it provides more flexibility and reduces the risk of dependency conflicts.
The release dates also highlight the rapid succession of these versions, implying a quick fix or refinement. Developers should upgrade to 18.0.1 due to its more relaxed Jest peer dependency, improving compatibility and simplifying project management.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 18.0.1 of the package
yargs-parser Vulnerable to Prototype Pollution
Affected versions of yargs-parser are vulnerable to prototype pollution. Arguments are not properly sanitized, allowing an attacker to modify the prototype of Object, causing the addition or modification of an existing property that will exist on all objects.
Parsing the argument --foo.__proto__.bar baz' adds a bar property with value baz to all objects. This is only exploitable if attackers have control over the arguments being passed to yargs-parser.
Upgrade to versions 13.1.2, 15.0.1, 18.1.1 or later.
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in trim-newlines
@rkesters/gnuplot is an easy to use node module to draw charts using gnuplot and ps2pdf. The trim-newlines package before 3.0.1 and 4.x before 4.0.1 for Node.js has an issue related to regular expression denial-of-service (ReDoS) for the .end() method.
Command Injection in lodash
lodash versions prior to 4.17.21 are vulnerable to Command Injection via the template function.
Babel vulnerable to arbitrary code execution when compiling specifically crafted malicious code
Using Babel to compile code that was specifically crafted by an attacker can lead to arbitrary code execution during compilation, when using plugins that rely on the path.evaluate()or path.evaluateTruthy() internal Babel methods.
Known affected plugins are:
@babel/plugin-transform-runtime@babel/preset-env when using its useBuiltIns option@babel/helper-define-polyfill-provider, such as babel-plugin-polyfill-corejs3, babel-plugin-polyfill-corejs2, babel-plugin-polyfill-es-shims, babel-plugin-polyfill-regeneratorNo other plugins under the @babel/ namespace are impacted, but third-party plugins might be.
Users that only compile trusted code are not impacted.
The vulnerability has been fixed in @babel/traverse@7.23.2.
Babel 6 does not receive security fixes anymore (see Babel's security policy), hence there is no patch planned for babel-traverse@6.
@babel/traverse to v7.23.2 or higher. You can do this by deleting it from your package manager's lockfile and re-installing the dependencies. @babel/core >=7.23.2 will automatically pull in a non-vulnerable version.@babel/traverse and are using one of the affected packages mentioned above, upgrade them to their latest version to avoid triggering the vulnerable code path in affected @babel/traverse versions:
@babel/plugin-transform-runtime v7.23.2@babel/preset-env v7.23.2@babel/helper-define-polyfill-provider v0.4.3babel-plugin-polyfill-corejs2 v0.4.6babel-plugin-polyfill-corejs3 v0.8.5babel-plugin-polyfill-es-shims v0.10.0babel-plugin-polyfill-regenerator v0.5.3