A regular expression used by AngularJS'  linky https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ngSanitize/filter/linky  filter to detect URLs in input text is vulnerable to super-linear runtime due to backtracking. With a large carefully-crafted input, this can cause a Regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Regular_expression_Denial_of_Service_-_ReDoS  attack on the application. This issue affects all versions of AngularJS. Note: The AngularJS project is End-of-Life and will not receive any updates to address this issue. For more information see here https://docs.angularjs.org/misc/version-support-status .
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Thu, 21 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Angularjs
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description A regular expression used by AngularJS'  linky https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ngSanitize/filter/linky  filter to detect URLs in input text is vulnerable to super-linear runtime due to backtracking. With a large carefully-crafted input, this can cause a Regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Regular_expression_Denial_of_Service_-_ReDoS  attack on the application. This issue affects all versions of AngularJS. Note: The AngularJS project is End-of-Life and will not receive any updates to address this issue. For more information see here https://docs.angularjs.org/misc/version-support-status .
Title AngularJS 'linky' filter ReDoS
Weaknesses CWE-1333
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HeroDevs

Published: 2025-08-19T13:19:27.919Z

Updated: 2025-08-19T13:35:50.828Z

Reserved: 2025-05-14T15:39:08.634Z

Link: CVE-2025-4690

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-19T13:26:53.041Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-19T14:15:39.323

Modified: 2025-08-20T14:40:17.713

Link: CVE-2025-4690

cve-icon Redhat

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