Description
The Angular SSR is a server-rise rendering tool for Angular applications. Versions on the 22.x branch prior to 22.0.0-next.2, the 21.x branch prior to 21.2.3, and the 20.x branch prior to 20.3.21 have an Open Redirect vulnerability in `@angular/ssr` due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-27738. While the original fix successfully blocked multiple leading slashes (e.g., `///`), the internal validation logic fails to account for a single backslash (`\`) bypass. When an Angular SSR application is deployed behind a proxy that passes the `X-Forwarded-Prefix` header, an attacker provides a value starting with a single backslash, the internal validation failed to flag the single backslash as invalid, the application prepends a leading forward slash, resulting in a `Location` header containing the URL, and modern browsers interpret the `/\` sequence as `//`, treating it as a protocol-relative URL and redirecting the user to the attacker-controlled domain. Furthermore, the response lacks the `Vary: X-Forwarded-Prefix` header, allowing the malicious redirect to be stored in intermediate caches (Web Cache Poisoning). Versions 22.0.0-next.2, 21.2.3, and 20.3.21 contain a patch. Until the patch is applied, developers should sanitize the `X-Forwarded-Prefix` header in their `server.ts` before the Angular engine processes the request.
Published: 2026-03-26
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Open Redirect enabling malicious navigation and potential web cache poisoning
Action: Apply Patch
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-vfx2-hv2g-xj5f Protocol-Relative URL Injection via Single Backslash Bypass in Angular SSR
History

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Angular angular Cli
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:angular:angular_cli:*:-:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:angular:angular_cli:22.0.0:next0:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:angular:angular_cli:22.0.0:next1:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
Vendors & Products Angular angular Cli
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Angular
Angular angular
Vendors & Products Angular
Angular angular

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Description The Angular SSR is a server-rise rendering tool for Angular applications. Versions on the 22.x branch prior to 22.0.0-next.2, the 21.x branch prior to 21.2.3, and the 20.x branch prior to 20.3.21 have an Open Redirect vulnerability in `@angular/ssr` due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-27738. While the original fix successfully blocked multiple leading slashes (e.g., `///`), the internal validation logic fails to account for a single backslash (`\`) bypass. When an Angular SSR application is deployed behind a proxy that passes the `X-Forwarded-Prefix` header, an attacker provides a value starting with a single backslash, the internal validation failed to flag the single backslash as invalid, the application prepends a leading forward slash, resulting in a `Location` header containing the URL, and modern browsers interpret the `/\` sequence as `//`, treating it as a protocol-relative URL and redirecting the user to the attacker-controlled domain. Furthermore, the response lacks the `Vary: X-Forwarded-Prefix` header, allowing the malicious redirect to be stored in intermediate caches (Web Cache Poisoning). Versions 22.0.0-next.2, 21.2.3, and 20.3.21 contain a patch. Until the patch is applied, developers should sanitize the `X-Forwarded-Prefix` header in their `server.ts` before the Angular engine processes the request.
Title Angular SSR Vulnerable to Protocol-Relative URL Injection via Single Backslash Bypass
Weaknesses CWE-601
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N'}


Subscriptions

Angular Angular Angular Cli
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-30T14:56:05.822Z

Reserved: 2026-03-19T17:02:34.169Z

Link: CVE-2026-33397

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Updated: 2026-03-30T13:54:27.266Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-03-26T15:16:38.533

Modified: 2026-04-30T16:51:51.770

Link: CVE-2026-33397

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No data.

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Updated: 2026-03-27T09:26:41Z

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