Resource exhaustion in Angular

CVE-2026-54268

Angular is a development platform for building mobile and desktop web applications using TypeScript/JavaScript and other languages. Prior to 22.0.1, 21.2.17, and 20.3.25, a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in the @angular/common package of the Angular framework. The formatDate function, which is also utilized by the standard Angular DatePipe, does not properly limit or validate the length of the format parameter. When parsing a maliciously crafted, excessively long date format string (e.g., a repeating pattern or very large string), the internal parser splits the string iteratively using a regular expression loop. This results in uncontrolled resource consumption (high CPU utilization and excessive memory allocations), leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). This vulnerability is fixed in 22.0.1, 21.2.17, and 20.3.25.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (46.6th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 46.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-54268: held from 0.006 to 0.006.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Angular — versions >= 22.0.0-next.0 < 22.0.1, >= 21.0.0-next.0 < 21.2.17, >= 20.0.0-next.0 < 20.3.25
  • Angularjs — versions 22.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-54268?
CVE-2026-54268 is a high-severity vulnerability in Angular, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-06-22.
How severe is CVE-2026-54268?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.