USN-7958-1

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    USN-7958-1

    Published: 14 Jan 2026Last Modified: 25 Jun 2026

    Summary: angular.js vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that AngularJS did not properly sanitize certain `xlink:href` attributes. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform cross site scripting. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-14863) It was discovered that AngularJS incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause AngularJS to consume resources, leading to a regular expression denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2022-25844) It was discovered that AngularJS incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause AngularJS to consume resources, leading to a regular expression denial of service. (CVE-2023-26116, CVE-2023-26117) It was discovered that AngularJS incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause AngularJS to consume resources, leading to a regular expression denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2023-26118, CVE-2024-21490) It was discovered that AngularJS did not properly sanitize certain inputs in HTML elements. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform spoofing and obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2024-8372, CVE-2024-8373, CVE-2025-2336) It was discovered that AngularJS did not properly sanitize certain inputs in HTML elements. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform spoofing and obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2025-0716)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7958-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14863, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-25844, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-26116, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-26117, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-26118, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-8372, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-8373, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-21490, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-0716, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-2336

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: angular.js

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/angular.js?arch=source&distro=esm-infra%2Fxenial

    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
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    USN-7958-1 | CVE-DB