angular redos

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in angular. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to redos. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2023-26118. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in angular (JavaScript Library) (affected version not known). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a redos vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-1333. The product uses a regular expression with an inefficient, possibly exponential worst-case computational complexity that consumes excessive CPU cycles. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was presented 03/30/2023 as SNYK-JS-ANGULAR-3373046. The advisory is shared for download at security.snyk.io. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-26118 since 02/20/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1449.003.

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). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Redos
CWE: CWE-1333 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
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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-3373046
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-26118 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-26118
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-224548

Entryinfo

Created: 03/30/2023 11:27
Updated: 11/20/2025 19:39
Changes: 03/30/2023 11:27 (46), 04/20/2023 10:56 (11), 10/16/2024 17:14 (17), 02/14/2025 18:04 (2), 11/20/2025 19:39 (1)
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