MEDIUM5.3
GHSA-2vrf-hf26-jrp5
angular vulnerable to regular expression denial of service via the angular.copy() utility
Details
All versions of the package angular are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the angular.copy() utility function 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.
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Affected packages
npm/angular
Introduced in:
0No fixed version published yet for angular (npm). Pin to a known-safe version or switch to an alternative.
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26116[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/angular/angular.js[PACKAGE]
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00005.html[WEB]
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OQWJLE5WE33WNMA54XSJIDXBRK2KL3XJ[WEB]
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UDKFLKJ6VZKL52AFVW2OVZRMJWHMW55K[WEB]
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-5406320[WEB]
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBANGULAR-5406322[WEB]
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-5406321[WEB]
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ANGULAR-3373044[WEB]
- https://stackblitz.com/edit/angularjs-vulnerability-angular-copy-redos[WEB]