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CVE-2023-26116 — Versions of the package angular from 1

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, whi

CVSS
5.3 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.25% (top 52.30%)
CWE
CWE-1333
Published
2023-03-30T05:00:03.402Z
Last modified
2025-11-03T19:28:05.754Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
na / angular1.2.21
na / org.webjars.bower:angular1.2.21
na / org.webjars.npm:angular1.2.23
na / org.webjars.bowergithub.angular:angular0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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