CVE-2022-25844 — Regex Denial of Service in Angular

CWE-1333 — Regex Denial of ServiceCWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling9 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
CNA5.3OSV6.1
EPSS
1.9%
top 16.60%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
AngularAngularjsFedoraproject Fedora
Timeline
PublishedMay 1
Latest updateJan 14

Description

The package angular after 1.7.0 are 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 **Note:** 1) This package has been deprecated and is no longer maintained. 2) The vulnerable versions are 1.7.0 and higher.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5angular/angularnext of 1.7.0 — unspecified

Also affects: Fedora 35, 36

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
angular.js vulnerabilities↗2026-01-14
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OSV
angular vulnerable to regular expression denial of service (ReDoS)↗2022-05-03
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GHSA
angular vulnerable to regular expression denial of service (ReDoS)↗2022-05-03
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OSV
CVE-2022-25844: The package angular after 1↗2022-05-01
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CVEList
Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)↗2022-05-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
AngularJS vulnerabilities↗2026-01-14
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Red Hat
angular: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in angular↗2022-05-01
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Debian
CVE-2022-25844: angular.js - The package angular after 1.7.0 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of S...↗2022
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