Angular SSR Vulnerable to Protocol-Relative URL Injection via Single Backslash Bypass
Published Mar 26, 2026
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 4.0
EPSS 0.33%
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.
Affected products
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- Version >= 20.0.0-next.0, < 20.3.21StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version >= 21.0.0-next.0, < 21.2.3StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version >= 22.0.0-next.0, < 22.0.0-next.2StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||||||||
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| Angular | Angular-Cli | n/a |
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- ≥ 20.0.0 · < 20.3.21
- ≥ 21.0.0 · < 21.2.3
- 22.0.0
- 22.0.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
@angular/ssr
npm
Introduced 22.0.0-next.0 Fixed 22.0.0-next.2@angular/ssr
npm
Introduced 21.0.0-next.0 Fixed 21.2.3@angular/ssr
npm
Introduced 20.0.0-next.0 Fixed 20.3.21
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | @angular/ssr | 22.0.0-next.0 | 22.0.0-next.2 |
| npm | @angular/ssr | 21.0.0-next.0 | 21.2.3 |
| npm | @angular/ssr | 20.0.0-next.0 | 20.3.21 |
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
References (6)
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-20064 Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vfx2-hv2g-xj5f Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xh43-g2fq-wjrj x_refsource_MISCNot Applicable
- https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/pull/32771 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatch
- https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/security/advisories/GHSA-vfx2-hv2g-xj5f x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33397
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-20064 | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vfx2-hv2g-xj5f | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xh43-g2fq-wjrj | x_refsource_MISCNot Applicable | |
| https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/pull/32771 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatch | |
| https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/security/advisories/GHSA-vfx2-hv2g-xj5f | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33397 |
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