CVE-2026-44437

Angular SSR: Open Redirect and Request Steering via Encoded X-Forwarded-Prefix

State
Published
Severity
6.9 Medium
Published
May 13, 2026
Updated
May 14, 2026
Reserved
May 6, 2026

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Description

The Angular SSR is a server-rise rendering tool for Angular applications. From 19.0.0-next.0 to before 19.2.25, 20.3.25, 21.2.9, and 22.0.0-next.7, a vulnerability exists in the X-Forwarded-Prefix header processing logic within Angular SSR. The internal validation mechanism fails to properly account for URL-encoded characters, specifically dots (%2e%2e). This allows an attacker to bypass security filters by injecting encoded path traversal sequences that are later decoded and utilized by the application logic. When an Angular SSR application is configured to trust proxy headers and is deployed behind a proxy that forwards the X-Forwarded-Prefix header without prior sanitization, an attacker can provide a payload such as /%2e%2e/evil. This vulnerability is fixed in19.2.25, 20.3.25, 21.2.9, and 22.0.0-next.7.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.06.9 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
  • CWE-601 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
angular-cliangular
  • >= 22.0.0-next.0, < 22.0.0-next.7Affected
  • >= 21.0.0-next.0, < 21.2.9Affected
  • >= 20.0.0-next.0, < 20.3.25Affected
  • >= 19.0.0-next.0, < 19.2.25Affected

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