UBUNTU-CVE-2023-26116

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-26116

    Published: 30 Mar 2023Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-26116
    Aliases:
    USN-7958-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-26116, https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ANGULAR-3373044, https://stackblitz.com/edit/angularjs-vulnerability-angular-copy-redos, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-26116, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7958-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: angular.js

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.2.28-1ubuntu2+esm1

    Affected versions

    1.2.28-1ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
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    Availability
    None
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