CVE-2024-21490

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This affects versions of the package angular from 1.3.0; versions of the package angularjs from 1.3.0. A regular expression used to split the value of the ng-srcset directive is vulnerable to super-linear runtime due to backtracking. With large carefully-crafted input, this can result in catastrophic backtracking and cause a denial of service. **Note:** This package is EOL and will not receive any updates to address this issue. Users should migrate to [@angular/core](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@angular/core).

Published: 2024-02-10 Last update: 2026-06-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-21490 is rated High Exploit Risk (72/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.89%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-21490

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-21490

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-30 1.81% 1.89% +0.08%
2 2026-06-15 2.25% 1.81% -0.44%
3 2026-06-09 — 2.25% —

Full EPSS history (46 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-21490

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-21490

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2024-21490

GHSA-4w4v-5hc9-xrr2 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: npm — angular vulnerable to super-linear runtime due to backtracking

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-21490

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2024-21490 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (angular.js), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-21490
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-21490
suse high CVE-2024-21490 severity important: SUSE including 14 source package names (cockpit, cockpit-bridge, …), 43 product×package rows across 6 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2, … (6 product lines)): Known Not Affected 43. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-21490/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-21490 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (angular.js), 11 status rows across 11 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 5, ignored 3, not-affected 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-21490

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-21490

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
angularjs angular.js >= 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:angularjs:angular.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-21490

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