Vulnerability in Angularjs

CVE-2023-26117

Versions of the package angular from 1.0.0 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the $resource service 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.

Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.017 (74.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

  • Angularjs
  • Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 38
  • N/a Angular — versions 1.0.0
  • N/a Org.webjars.bower:angular — versions 1.0.0
  • N/a Org.webjars.bowergithub.angular:angular — versions 0
  • N/a Org.webjars.npm:angular — versions 1.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-26117?
CVE-2023-26117 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Angularjs, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-03-30.
How severe is CVE-2023-26117?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-26117 known to be exploited?
3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.