Summary
Togoder Security scanned the npm package @babel/types@7.29.8 on Oct 6, 2026. An AI review of 86 source files produced 1 low severity finding. No malicious behavior, install-time payloads, credential theft or exfiltration were identified.
Findings 1
code-quality
NPS-269649104AE4
Minor bug: hasOwnProperty.call(...) uses the global hasOwnProperty instead of Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(...), which could throw if the global is shadowed or unavailable. This is a functional concern, not a security vulnerability.
Files reviewed
| File | Verdict | What the reviewer saw |
|---|---|---|
| lib/asserts/assertNode.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/asserts/generated/index.js | safe | This is a standard Babel AST type assertion module that only performs type validation and throws errors; no malicious patterns detected. |
| lib/ast-types/generated/index.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected; the file only contains a strict mode directive and a source map reference. |
| lib/builders/flow/createFlowUnionType.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected; the file is a straightforward Flow union type builder with static imports and no network, filesystem, process, or dynamic execution activity. |
| lib/builders/flow/createTypeAnnotationBasedOnTypeof.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/builders/generated/index.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected; the file only re-exports named exports from two local modules using standard ES module interop patterns. |
| lib/builders/generated/lowercase.js | safe | This is a standard Babel AST node builder module containing only pure constructor functions and no malicious patterns. |
| lib/builders/generated/uppercase.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected; the file only re-exports AST builder aliases from lowercase.js and a deprecation warning utility. |
| lib/builders/productions.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/builders/react/buildChildren.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/builders/typescript/createTSUnionType.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected; the file is a pure AST builder utility with only static local imports and no network, filesystem, process, or dynamic execution behavior. |
| lib/builders/validateNode.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected; the file contains a straightforward AST node validation function with no dangerous operations. |
| lib/clone/clone.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/clone/cloneDeep.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/clone/cloneDeepWithoutLoc.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/clone/cloneNode.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected; the code is a legitimate AST node cloning utility with no exfiltration, credential harvesting, dynamic execution, or suspicious behavior. |
| lib/clone/cloneWithoutLoc.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected; the file only re-exports a wrapper around cloneNode with no network, filesystem, process, or dynamic execution activity. |
| lib/comments/addComment.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/comments/addComments.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/comments/inheritInnerComments.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/comments/inheritLeadingComments.js | safe | The file is a simple Babel-transpiled utility function that delegates to an internal inherit helper with no suspicious, obfuscated, or dangerous behavior. |
| lib/comments/inheritTrailingComments.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/comments/inheritsComments.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/comments/removeComments.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/constants/generated/index.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
Show 61 more files
| File | Verdict | What the reviewer saw |
|---|---|---|
| lib/constants/index.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected; the file only exports constant arrays and objects of JavaScript operator and AST key names. |
| lib/converters/ensureBlock.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected; the file is a small utility that normalizes AST node bodies via a local toBlock converter. |
| lib/converters/gatherSequenceExpressions.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected; this is a standard Babel AST utility function for gathering sequence expressions. |
| lib/converters/toBindingIdentifierName.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/converters/toBlock.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/converters/toComputedKey.js | safe | This is a benign Babel AST utility function with no malicious patterns detected. |
| lib/converters/toExpression.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/converters/toIdentifier.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected; the code is a straightforward utility for converting strings into valid JavaScript identifiers. |
| lib/converters/toKeyAlias.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/converters/toSequenceExpression.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/converters/toStatement.js | safe | The code is a standard AST utility function from Babel with no malicious patterns detected. |
| lib/converters/valueToNode.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/definitions/core.js | safe | This file defines AST node type schemas for @babel/types; no malicious patterns, network activity, credential access, or dynamic code execution were detected. |
| lib/definitions/deprecated-aliases.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/definitions/experimental.js | safe | This is a standard Babel AST definition file that only registers node type definitions and contains no malicious patterns such as network calls, code execution, credential harvesting, or file system manipulation. |
| lib/definitions/flow.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/definitions/index.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/definitions/jsx.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/definitions/misc.js | safe | Cleared by Jev triage; no further analysis needed |
| lib/definitions/placeholders.js | safe | The file only defines AST placeholder constant arrays and alias mappings; no exfiltration, credential harvesting, dynamic execution, network calls, process spawning, or other malicious patterns were detected. |
| lib/definitions/typescript.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected; this is a standard AST node type definition file for TypeScript syntax in a parser library. |
| lib/definitions/utils.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected; this is a standard Babel type-definition utility with validation logic and no network, filesystem, or process execution activity. |
| lib/index.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected; the file is a standard Babel helper module re-exporting internal utilities via static require and Object.defineProperty. |
| lib/modifications/appendToMemberExpression.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected; the code is a straightforward Babel AST utility for appending to member expressions. |
| lib/modifications/flow/removeTypeDuplicates.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected; the code is a legitimate Babel helper for removing duplicate Flow type annotations. |
| lib/modifications/inherits.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected; the code is a simple utility function that copies inherited properties and comments between objects. |
| lib/modifications/prependToMemberExpression.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected; the file is a straightforward AST utility from Babel that modifies member expressions without any network, filesystem, or dynamic execution behavior. |
| lib/modifications/removeProperties.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/modifications/removePropertiesDeep.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/modifications/typescript/removeTypeDuplicates.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/retrievers/getAssignmentIdentifiers.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected; the code is a pure AST utility function with no network, filesystem, process, or dynamic execution behavior. |
| lib/retrievers/getBindingIdentifiers.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected; the code is a standard AST utility for extracting binding identifiers. |
| lib/retrievers/getFunctionName.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected; the code is a standard utility for extracting function names from AST nodes. |
| lib/retrievers/getOuterBindingIdentifiers.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/traverse/traverse.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected; this is a standard AST traversal utility with no network, filesystem, process, or dynamic execution behavior. |
| lib/traverse/traverseFast.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/utils/deprecationWarning.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected; this is a standard Babel deprecation warning utility that only manipulates the Error stack trace and logs to console. |
| lib/utils/inherit.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/utils/react/cleanJSXElementLiteralChild.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected; the code is a standard JSX text normalization utility with no exfiltration, dynamic execution, or process spawning. |
| lib/utils/shallowEqual.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/validators/buildMatchMemberExpression.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected; the file is a simple AST utility that builds a member expression matcher and contains no network, filesystem, process, or dynamic execution behavior. |
| lib/validators/generated/index.js | safe | This is a standard Babel type validator utility file with no malicious patterns, network activity, credential access, or dynamic code execution. |
| lib/validators/is.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/validators/isBinding.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected; the code is a straightforward AST utility for checking binding identifiers without any network, filesystem, or dynamic execution behavior. |
| lib/validators/isBlockScoped.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected; the file is a simple utility that checks whether an AST node is block-scoped by delegating to other modules. |
| lib/validators/isImmutable.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/validators/isLet.js | safe | The file contains a simple AST validator function for checking 'let' declarations with no malicious patterns, network activity, credential access, or dynamic execution. |
| lib/validators/isNode.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/validators/isNodesEquivalent.js | safe | The file contains a pure recursive AST node comparison utility with no network, filesystem, process, or dynamic code execution patterns. |
| lib/validators/isPlaceholderType.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/validators/isReferenced.js | safe | This is a legitimate AST utility function for checking node references, with no malicious patterns or security concerns. |
| lib/validators/isScope.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/validators/isSpecifierDefault.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/validators/isType.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/validators/isValidES3Identifier.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/validators/isValidIdentifier.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/validators/isVar.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/validators/matchesPattern.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected; the file contains a pure AST pattern-matching utility with no network, filesystem, process, or dynamic execution behavior. |
| lib/validators/react/isCompatTag.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/validators/react/isReactComponent.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected |
| lib/validators/validate.js | safe | No malicious patterns detected; this is a standard AST node validation module with no network, filesystem, process, or dynamic code execution behavior. |
Scanned versions of @babel/types
| Version | Verdict | Files | Scanned |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.29.8 | No issues | 86 | Oct 6, 2026 |
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