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 .
Published: 2025-08-19
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-25177 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 .
History

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Angularjs
Angularjs angularjs
Vendors & Products Angularjs
Angularjs angularjs

Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Tue, 19 Aug 2025 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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'}


Subscriptions

Angularjs Angularjs
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HeroDevs

Published:

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 : Deferred

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

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2025-4690

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-08-21T12:59:10Z

Weaknesses