medium5.3
CVE-2023-26116
angular vulnerable to regular expression denial of service via the angular.copy() utility
Impact
All versions of the package angular 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 packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | angular | <= 1.8.3 | none recorded |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Angularjs | Angularjs | from 1.2.21 through 1.8.3 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | Version 38 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- 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://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2vrf-hf26-jrp5
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26116
- 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