CVE-2022-25844: angular vulnerable to regular expression denial of service (ReDoS)
(updated )
AngularJS lets users write client-side web applications. The package angular after 1.7.0 is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) by providing a custom locale rule that makes it possible to assign the parameter in posPre: ’ ‘.repeat() of NUMBER_FORMATS.PATTERNS[1].posPre with a very high value.
Note:
- This package has been deprecated and is no longer maintained.
- The vulnerable versions are 1.7.0 and higher.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-m2h2-264f-f486
- github.com/angular/angular.js
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00005.html
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2WUSPYOTOMAZPDEFPWPSCSPMNODRDKK3
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7LNAKCNTVBIHWAUT3FKWV5N67PQXSZOO
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2WUSPYOTOMAZPDEFPWPSCSPMNODRDKK3
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7LNAKCNTVBIHWAUT3FKWV5N67PQXSZOO
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25844
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220629-0009
- snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-2772736
- snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBANGULAR-2772738
- snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-2772737
- snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ANGULAR-2772735
- stackblitz.com/edit/angularjs-material-blank-zvtdvb
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