CVE-2023-26118
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 1.4.9 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the <input type="url"> element due to the usage of an insecure regular expression in the input[url] functionality. 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 | 1.4.9 < * | affected |
| n/a | org.webjars.bower:angular | 1.4.9 < * | affected |
| n/a | org.webjars.npm:angular | 1.4.9 < * | 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-3373046
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-5406326
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-5406327
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBANGULAR-5406328
- https://stackblitz.com/edit/angularjs-vulnerability-inpur-url-validation-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-3373046
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-5406326
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-5406327
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBANGULAR-5406328
- https://stackblitz.com/edit/angularjs-vulnerability-inpur-url-validation-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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