CVE-2023-26116

EUVD-2023-0833
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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
5.3 MEDIUM
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
snykCNA
5.3 MEDIUM
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 47%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
angularjsangularjs
1.2.21 ≤
𝑥
≤ 1.8.3
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
angular.js
bookworm
postponed
bullseye
no-dsa
buster
no-dsa
sid
vulnerable
trixie
vulnerable
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
angular.js
bionic
deferred
focal
deferred
jammy
deferred
kinetic
ignored
lunar
ignored
mantic
ignored
noble
deferred
oracular
deferred
trusty
ignored
xenial
deferred
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
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://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-5406320
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBANGULAR-5406322
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-5406321
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ANGULAR-3373044
https://stackblitz.com/edit/angularjs-vulnerability-angular-copy-redos
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00005.html
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://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-5406320
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBANGULAR-5406322
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-5406321
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ANGULAR-3373044
https://stackblitz.com/edit/angularjs-vulnerability-angular-copy-redos