CVE-2023-26118 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2023-26118

Versions of the package angular from 1.4.9 are vulnerable to...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Michael Prentice
  • George Kalpakas

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

angular, org.webjars.bower:angular, org.webjars.npm:angular, org.webjars.bowergithub.angular:angular
Vulnerable Versions:
1.4.9, 0

Timeline

Official Publish: March 30th, 2023
Last Modified: November 3rd, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P

Weaknesses (CWE)