CVE-2023-26117 (Medium) detected in angular-1.8.0.min.js

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CVE-2023-26117 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - angular-1.8.0.min.js

AngularJS is an MVC framework for building web applications. The core features include HTML enhanced with custom component and data-binding capabilities, dependency injection and strong focus on simplicity, testability, maintainability and boiler-plate reduction.

Library home page: https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/angular.js/1.8.0/angular.min.js

Path to dependency file: /public/folder-list.html

Path to vulnerable library: /public/folder-list.html

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ angular-1.8.0.min.js (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: eef840d3f52ae21cb808bc3aa4232f0ed4019a91

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

Versions of the package angular from 1.0.0 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.

Publish Date: 2023-03-30

URL: CVE-2023-26117

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: Low

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

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