CVE-2023-26118 (GCVE-0-2023-26118)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-03-30 05:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 19:28
VLAI?
Summary
Versions of the package angular from 1.4.9 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.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P
CWE
  • CWE-1333 - Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a angular Affected: 1.4.9 , < * (semver)
    n/a org.webjars.bower:angular Affected: 1.4.9 , < * (semver)
    n/a org.webjars.npm:angular Affected: 1.4.9 , < * (semver)
    n/a org.webjars.bowergithub.angular:angular Affected: 0 , < * (semver)
Credits
Michael Prentice George Kalpakas
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