High severity · published Jun 24, 2026
CVE-2026-11998
AngularJS XSS via SCE resource URL sanitization bypass
7.6
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw in AngularJS' Strict Contextual Escaping (SCE) logic allows bypassing certain SCE policies for resource URLs and can lead to arbitrary JavaScript execution within the context of the victim's browser session.
SCE's purpose is to ensure that only trusted or safe values are used in certain security-sensitive contexts, such as resource URLs, including URLs that define executable JavaScript scripts, '<iframe>' documents, route templates, etc. A flaw in the logic that tries to match entire URLs against regular expression matchers can result in partial matches for certain types of regular expressions, effectively bypassing the policies and allowing the use of unsafe values as resource URLs.
This issue affects AngularJS versions greater than or equal to 1.2.0-rc.3.
Note:
The AngularJS project was already End-of-Life when this CVE was published and will not receive any updates to address this issue. For more information see the End-of-Life announcement https://docs.angularjs.org/misc/version-support-status .
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 33% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AN
AngularJS · Google
>=1.2.0-rc.3 · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Single Sign-On 7 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-11998
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-11998
codepen.io
https://codepen.io/herodevs/pen/JobQdmz/5b3896f56fab66f20cd25e698cf3faa8
www.herodevs.com
https://www.herodevs.com/vulnerability-directory/cve-2026-11998
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-11998
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492579
security.access.redhat.com
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-11998.json
www.herodevs.com
https://www.herodevs.com/vulnerability-directory/cve-2026-11998?nes-for-angularjs
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