Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting angular.js package, versions <1.8.3-1+deb12u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.93% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-ANGULARJS-18516492
  • published4 Aug 2026
  • disclosed1 May 2022

Introduced: 1 May 2022

CVE-2022-25844  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1333  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest angular.js to version 1.8.3-1+deb12u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream angular.js package and not the angular.js package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Note: 1) This package has been deprecated and is no longer maintained. 2) The vulnerable versions are 1.7.0 and higher.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

version 3.1