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CVE-2023-26118 — Versions of the package angular from 1

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 possib

CVSS
5.3 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.47% (top 35.50%)
CWE
CWE-1333
Published
2023-03-30T05:00:02.352Z
Last modified
2025-11-03T19:28:08.698Z
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 1.4.9 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.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
na / angular1.4.9
na / org.webjars.bower:angular1.4.9
na / org.webjars.npm:angular1.4.9
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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