From 475c9f7f8915d33c774a3fc02be01a75da59f55a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sambhavi Pandey <48976443+pandeysambhi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 04:01:07 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(queryRegex): safe escape for query regex (#4493)

Co-authored-by: Sambhavi Pandey <sambhavi.pandey@aexp.com>
---
 src/utils/formatUtil.ts | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/utils/formatUtil.ts b/src/utils/formatUtil.ts
index 7b7966394..da933d3ec 100644
--- a/src/utils/formatUtil.ts
+++ b/src/utils/formatUtil.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ export function trimJsonExt(path?: string) {
 
 export function highlightQuery(text: string, query: string) {
   if (!query) return text
-  const regex = new RegExp(`(${query})`, 'gi')
+
+  // Escape special regex characters in the query string
+  const escapedQuery = query.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&')
+
+  const regex = new RegExp(`(${escapedQuery})`, 'gi')
   return text.replace(regex, '<span class="highlight">$1</span>')
 }