AngularJS XSS via SCE resource URL sanitization bypass
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
A flaw in AngularJS' Strict Contextual Escaping (SCE) logic allows bypassing certain SCE policies for resource URLs and can lead to arbitrary JavaScript execution within the context of the victim's browser session. SCE's purpose is to ensure that only trusted or safe values are used in certain security-sensitive contexts, such as resource URLs, including URLs that define executable JavaScript scripts, '<iframe>' documents, route templates, etc. A flaw in the logic that tries to match entire URLs against regular expression matchers can result in partial matches for certain types of regular expressions, effectively bypassing the policies and allowing the use of unsafe values as resource URLs. This issue affects AngularJS versions greater than or equal to 1.2.0-rc.3. Note: The AngularJS project was already End-of-Life when this CVE was published and will not receive any updates to address this issue. For more information see the End-of-Life announcement https://docs.angularjs.org/misc/version-support-status .
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AngularJS | >=1.2.0-rc.3 | — | No fix listed | CNA | |
| — | angular (npm) | 1.2.0-rc.3 – 1.8.3 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-7x27-g8rg-x87w |
- AngularJS VendorGoogle Affected >=1.2.0-rc.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- angular (npm) Vendor— Affected 1.2.0-rc.3 – 1.8.3 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-7x27-g8rg-x87w
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Not affected: 8 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat Fuse 7
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2
- Red Hat Quay 3
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-11998
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7x27-g8rg-x87w
- 2026-10-16 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Advisory 2
Other 5
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Sources
- CVE-2026-11998 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-11998 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7x27-g8rg-x87w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-11998 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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