Protocol-Relative URL Injection via Single Backslash Bypass in Angular SSR
An Open Redirect vulnerability exists in @angular/ssr due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-27738. While the original fix successfully blocked multiple leading slashes (e.g., ///), the internal validation logic fails to account for a single backslash () bypass. When an Angular SSR application is deployed behind a proxy that passes the X-Forwarded-Prefix header: An attacker provides a value starting with a single backslash (e.g., \evil.com). The internal validation failed to …