CVE-2025-4690

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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History

19 Aug 2025, 14:15

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Information

Published : 2025-08-19 14:15

Updated : 2025-08-19 14:15


NVD link : CVE-2025-4690

Mitre link : CVE-2025-4690

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-4690


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CWE
CWE-1333

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity