VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-26116
Versions of the package angular from 1.2.21 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the angular.copy() utility function due to the usage of an insecure regular expression.
MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 1.70%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.70%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Versions of the package angular from 1.2.21 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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- EPSS
- 1.70% probability · 76th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Affected
- angularjs/angularjs · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- report@snyk.io
References
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OQWJLE5WE33WNMA54XSJIDXBRK2KL3XJ/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UDKFLKJ6VZKL52AFVW2OVZRMJWHMW55K/
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-5406320Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBANGULAR-5406322Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-5406321Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ANGULAR-3373044Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://stackblitz.com/edit/angularjs-vulnerability-angular-copy-redosExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00005.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OQWJLE5WE33WNMA54XSJIDXBRK2KL3XJ/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UDKFLKJ6VZKL52AFVW2OVZRMJWHMW55K/
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-5406320Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBANGULAR-5406322Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-5406321Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ANGULAR-3373044Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://stackblitz.com/edit/angularjs-vulnerability-angular-copy-redosExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.