CVE-2025-4690

NameCVE-2025-4690
DescriptionA 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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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
angular.js (PTS)bullseye1.8.2-2vulnerable
bullseye (security)1.8.3-1+deb12u1~deb11u1vulnerable
bookworm1.8.3-1vulnerable
forky, sid, trixie1.8.3-3vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
angular.jssource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://www.herodevs.com/vulnerability-directory/cve-2025-4690
https://codepen.io/herodevs/pen/RNNEPzP/751b91eab7730dff277523f3d50e4b77

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