Vulnerability in Google Angularjs
CVE-2025-4690
A regular expression used by AngularJS' linky https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ngSanitize/filter/linky filter to detect URLs in input text is vulnerable to super-linear runtime due to backtracking. With a large carefully-crafted input, thi…
Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.000 (7.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.
Affected products
- Google Angularjs — versions >=0.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.herodevs.com/vulnerability-directory/cve-2025-4690 (third-party-advisory)
- codepen.io/herodevs/pen/RNNEPzP/751b91eab7730dff277523f3d50e4b77 (technical-description, exploit)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-4690?
- CVE-2025-4690 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Angularjs, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-08-19.
- How severe is CVE-2025-4690?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2025-4690 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.