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.
CVE-2023-26117
MEDIUMNVD 5.35.3—Elevated
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence
Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2023-03-30. NVD baseline CVSS 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.
Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.3
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 2%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.3
- EG Score
- 5.3(medium)
- EPSS
- 74.4%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 30, 2023
Last Modified
November 20, 2025
References (15)
- report@snykhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/OQWJLE5WE33WNMA54XSJIDXBRK2KL3XJ/
- report@snykhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UDKFLKJ6VZKL52AFVW2OVZRMJWHMW55K/
- report@snykhttps://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-5406323
- report@snykhttps://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBANGULAR-5406325
- report@snykhttps://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-5406324
- report@snykhttps://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ANGULAR-3373045
- report@snykhttps://stackblitz.com/edit/angularjs-vulnerability-resource-trailing-slashes-redos
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00005.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/OQWJLE5WE33WNMA54XSJIDXBRK2KL3XJ/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UDKFLKJ6VZKL52AFVW2OVZRMJWHMW55K/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-5406323
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBANGULAR-5406325
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-5406324
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ANGULAR-3373045
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://stackblitz.com/edit/angularjs-vulnerability-resource-trailing-slashes-redos
Frequently asked(5)
What is CVE-2023-26117?
CVE-2023-26117 is a medium vulnerability published on March 30, 2023. 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…
When was CVE-2023-26117 disclosed?
CVE-2023-26117 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 30, 2023, with the most recent update on November 20, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2023-26117 actively exploited?
CVE-2023-26117 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 74.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-26117?
CVE-2023-26117 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2023-26117?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2023-26117, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.
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