Regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) in angular
Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-1333Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-1333.
Summary
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 **Note:** 1) This package has been deprecated and is no longer maintained. 2) The vulnerable versions are 1.7.0 and higher.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.04927 92nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | angular | next of 1.7.0 and later | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | angular (npm) | 1.7.0 and later | — | No fix listed | GHSA-m2h2-264f-f486 |
- angular Vendor— Affected next of 1.7.0 and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- angular (npm) Vendor— Affected 1.7.0 and later Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-m2h2-264f-f486
CPE configurations NVD · 4
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:angularjs:angularjs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.7.0 | Vulnerable | Angularjs |
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 35 | Vulnerable | Fedoraproject |
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 36 | Vulnerable | Fedoraproject |
| cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Vulnerable | NetApp |
- cpe:2.3:a:angularjs:angularjs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.7.0 Vulnerable ·Angularjs
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 35 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 36 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
- cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·NetApp
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0 | Affected | No fix yet |
| OpenShift Service Mesh 2.1 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Not affected: 13 products
- Red Hat Ceph Storage 3
- Red Hat Ceph Storage 4
- Red Hat Ceph Storage 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat Fuse 7
- Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2
- Red Hat Quay 3
- Red Hat Storage 3
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-25844
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m2h2-264f-f486
References
Advisory 4
Other 7
- https://github.com/angular/angular.js
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00005.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2WUSPYOTOMAZPDEFPWPSCSPMNODRDKK3
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7LNAKCNTVBIHWAUT3FKWV5N67PQXSZOO
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2WUSPYOTOMAZPDEFPWPSCSPMNODRDKK3
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7LNAKCNTVBIHWAUT3FKWV5N67PQXSZOO
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220629-0009
Sources
- CVE-2022-25844 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-25844 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m2h2-264f-f486 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2022-25844 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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