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GHSA-5462-4vcx-jh7j

Angular Expressions - Remote Code Execution when using locals

Quick fix

GHSA-5462-4vcx-jh7j — angular-expressions: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

npm install angular-expressions@1.4.3

Details

### Impact

An attacker can write a malicious expression that escapes the sandbox to execute arbitrary code on the system.

Example of vulnerable code:

```js const expressions = require("angular-expressions"); const result = expressions.compile("__proto__.constructor")({}, {}); // result should be undefined, however for versions <=1.4.2, it returns an object. ```

With a more complex (undisclosed) payload, one can get full access to Arbitrary code execution on the system.

### Patches

The problem has been patched in version 1.4.3 of angular-expressions.

### Workarounds

There is one workaround if it not possible for you to update :

* Make sure that you use the compiled function with just one argument : ie this is not vulnerable : `const result = expressions.compile("__proto__.constructor")({});` : in this case you lose the feature of locals if you need it.

### Credits

Credits go to [JorianWoltjer](https://github.com/JorianWoltjer) who has found the issue and reported it to use. https://jorianwoltjer.com/

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Affected packages

npm/angular-expressions
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 1.4.3
Fixnpm install angular-expressions@1.4.3

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