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MEDIUM

CVE-2023-26118

CVSS v3

5.3

MEDIUM

EPSS Score

1.7 %

exploit probability, as of 2026-10-18

CISA KEV

No

known exploited

Exploitation

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SSVC status

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Affected and fixed versions

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

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Packages

  • angularnpmall versions · no fixed version listed

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2023-26118 Red Hat Product Security37 known affected

    angularjs: Regular Expression Denial of Service via the <input type="url"> element

    servicemesh-grafana as a component of OpenShift Service Mesh 2.1 · servicemesh-grafana.src as a component of OpenShift Service Mesh 2.1 · grafana as a component of Red Hat Ceph Storage 3

Full record on NVD

Description

Versions of the package angular from 1.4.9 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the <input type="url"> element due to the usage of an insecure regular expression in the input[url] functionality. Exploiting this vulnerability is possible by a large carefully-crafted input, which can result in catastrophic backtracking.

Technical details

Published
2023-03-30

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-26118?

Versions of the package angular from 1.4.9 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the <input type="url"> element due to the usage of an insecure regular expression in the input[url] functionality. Exploiting this vulnerability is possible by a large carefully-crafted input, which can result in catastrophic backtracking.

Is CVE-2023-26118 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2023-26118 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.7% on 2026-10-18, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-26118?

CVE-2023-26118 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM severity).

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