CVE-2023-26117: angular vulnerable to regular expression denial of service via the $resource service
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All versions of the package angular are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the $resource service 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.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-2qqx-w9hr-q5gx
- github.com/angular/angular.js
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00005.html
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OQWJLE5WE33WNMA54XSJIDXBRK2KL3XJ
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UDKFLKJ6VZKL52AFVW2OVZRMJWHMW55K
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26117
- security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-5406323
- security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBANGULAR-5406325
- security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-5406324
- security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ANGULAR-3373045
- stackblitz.com/edit/angularjs-vulnerability-resource-trailing-slashes-redos
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