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CVE-2023-26117 (Medium) detected in angular-1.8.3.tgz

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Description

## CVE-2023-26117 - Medium Severity Vulnerability
Vulnerable Library - angular-1.8.3.tgz

HTML enhanced for web apps


Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/angular/-/angular-1.8.3.tgz


Sample Path to Dependency File: /package.json


Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.yarn/berry/cache/angular-npm-1.8.3-0e5e833690-10.zip


Dependency Hierarchy:
- angular-ui-sortable-0.19.0.tgz (Root Library)
- :x: **angular-1.8.3.tgz** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: a5db0714038685437d759b29eb80b4b9e415b2c2


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


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Research direction

Start with package.json, which the report identifies as the dependency file, and inspect the angular dependency introduced through angular-ui-sortable-0.19.0.tgz. Determine the supported remediation for CVE-2023-26117, update or replace the vulnerable dependency as appropriate, and verify that the dependency tree no longer contains angular-1.8.3.tgz.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
angular
Domain
frontend, security
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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