medium5.3
CVE-2023-26118
angular vulnerable to regular expression denial of service via the <input type="url"> element
Impact
All versions of the package angular 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 packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | angular | <= 1.8.3 | none recorded |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Angularjs | Angularjs | from 1.4.9 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-5406326
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBANGULAR-5406328
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-5406327
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ANGULAR-3373046
- https://stackblitz.com/edit/angularjs-vulnerability-inpur-url-validation-redos
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00005.html
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qwqh-hm9m-p5hr
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26118
- 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