Medium severity · published Mar 26, 2026
CVE-2026-33397
Angular SSR Vulnerable to Protocol-Relative URL Injection via Single Backslash Bypass
6.1
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 18% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AN
angular-cli · angular
>= 22.0.0-next.0, < 22.0.0-next.2; >= 21.0.0-next.0, < 21.2.3; >= 20.0.0-next.0, < 20.3.21 · source: vendor
AC
Angular Cli · Angular
20.0.0 before 20.3.21; 21.0.0 before 21.2.3; 22.0.0; 22.0.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33397
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-33397
Not Applicable
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xh43-g2fq-wjrj
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/pull/32771
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/security/advisories/GHSA-vfx2-hv2g-xj5f
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