CVE-2023-26116
5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P
Summary
Versions of the package angular from 1.2.21 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the angular.copy() utility function due to the usage of an insecure regular expression. Exploiting this vulnerability is possible by a large carefully-crafted input, which can result in catastrophic backtracking.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | angular | 1.2.21 < * | affected |
| n/a | org.webjars.bower:angular | 1.2.21 < * | affected |
| n/a | org.webjars.npm:angular | 1.2.23 < * | affected |
| n/a | org.webjars.bowergithub.angular:angular | 0 < * | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-1333: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ANGULAR-3373044
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-5406320
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-5406321
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBANGULAR-5406322
- https://stackblitz.com/edit/angularjs-vulnerability-angular-copy-redos
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OQWJLE5WE33WNMA54XSJIDXBRK2KL3XJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UDKFLKJ6VZKL52AFVW2OVZRMJWHMW55K/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00005.html
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: poc
- Automatable: yes
- Technical Impact: partial
References
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ANGULAR-3373044
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-5406320
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-5406321
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBANGULAR-5406322
- https://stackblitz.com/edit/angularjs-vulnerability-angular-copy-redos
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OQWJLE5WE33WNMA54XSJIDXBRK2KL3XJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UDKFLKJ6VZKL52AFVW2OVZRMJWHMW55K/
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