angular angular.copy redos

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in angular. This issue affects the function angular.copy. Performing a manipulation results in redos. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2023-26116. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in angular (JavaScript Library) (affected version unknown). It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function angular.copy. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a redos vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-1333. The product uses a regular expression with an inefficient, possibly exponential worst-case computational complexity that consumes excessive CPU cycles. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 03/30/2023 as SNYK-JS-ANGULAR-3373044. It is possible to read the advisory at security.snyk.io. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-26116 since 02/20/2023. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1449.003 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209061 (F5 Networks BIG-IP : Multiple Angular JS vulnerabilities (K000141463)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (209061). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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CNA Base Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Redos
CWE: CWE-1333 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 209061
Nessus Name: F5 Networks BIG-IP : Multiple Angular JS vulnerabilities (K000141463)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/20/2023 🔍
03/30/2023 +37 days 🔍
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11/20/2025 +966 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: SNYK-JS-ANGULAR-3373044
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-26116 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-26116
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-224547

Entryinfo

Created: 03/30/2023 11:24
Updated: 11/20/2025 19:39
Changes: 03/30/2023 11:24 (47), 04/20/2023 10:50 (11), 10/16/2024 17:14 (17), 02/14/2025 18:04 (2), 11/20/2025 19:39 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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