Angular SSR: Denial of Service (DoS) via Infinite Loop on Malformed DOCTYPE (CVE-2026-101895)
Published Last modified Sources: OSV, Hersteller, CVE.org, BSI
What is affected, what to do
Angular is a development platform for building mobile and desktop web applications using TypeScript/JavaScript and other languages. Prior to 20.3.31, 21.2.23, and 22.1.6, the @angular/platform-server DOM emulation parser can enter an infinite synchronous loop when Angular server-side rendering processes attacker-controlled HTML containing an incomplete DOCTYPE that ends with whitespace at end of input.
Update Angular platform-server to version 22.1.6.
- Affected
- Angular
gte 20.0.0, < 20.3.31..* - Angular
lte *..19.2.25 - @angular/ Platform-server
gte 20.0.0, < 20.3.31..* - @angular/ Platform-server
lte *..19.2.25
- Angular
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Metrics
8.7
Priority
XIEM Effective CVSS: highest available CVSS rating from NVD and vendor data.
Source: Vendor (CNA), CVSS v4
8.7
CVSS v4
Severity High on the scale from 0 to 10.
Source: OSV, Hersteller, CVE.org, BSI
0.9 %
EPSS score
Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.
Source: FIRST EPSS, percentile 59.0
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- Severity
- High
Priority (0–325)
The priority score is a consolidated metric that condenses several individual signals into a single, action-guiding ranking: technical severity (CVSS), exploitation likelihood (EPSS), known-exploited status (KEV) and the context of the affected asset. The aim is to answer the only truly important question in vulnerability management: what first?
Read in glossary- 101.35 Methodology
Exploit maturity
An exploit is code or a technique that specifically uses a concrete vulnerability to force unintended behaviour — such as executing code or escalating privileges. It is the tool that turns a theoretical flaw into a practical attack.
Read in glossary- no public PoC known
XIEM Effective CVSS
XIEM® is the tiered managed-security operating model from NEOSEC and a registered trademark of NEOSEC GmbH. It extends classic SIEM — the central collection, normalisation and correlation of security-relevant events — with endpoint forensics, network visibility and deception technology, and consolidates them into three building tiers: Sentry, Orchestrate and Command.
Read in glossary- 8.7 Methodology
CVSS v4
CVSS is the globally established, open standard for assessing the technical severity of a vulnerability on a scale from 0 to 10. It describes how easily a flaw can be exploited and what damage it can cause — but not how likely its actual exploitation is. CVSS and the complementary EPSS deliberately answer different questions.
Read in glossary- 8.7
EPSS score
The EPSS score is the absolute model output for an individual vulnerability: the estimated probability of real-world exploitation within the next 30 days, expressed as a value between 0 and 1 (i.e. 0 % to 100 %). A score of 0.42 means „the model estimates a 42 % chance of real-world exploitation within 30 days“.
Read in glossary- 0.9 %
- Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.
EPSS percentile
The EPSS percentile is the relative position of a vulnerability within all EPSS-scored CVEs, expressed as a value between 0 and 1. A percentile of 0.90 means „this CVE has a higher EPSS score than 90 % of all other scored CVEs“. Unlike the EPSS score, it is not a probability — but a positioning within a ranking.
Read in glossary- 59.0
- High — this CVE ranks above the median of all CVEs scored today (rank ≥ 36%).
KEV status
The KEV catalogue is a list maintained by the US authority CISA of vulnerabilities for which active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. It answers not the question „how severe?“ but „is it already being attacked?“ — thereby sharply prioritising patching.
Read in glossary- —
- Published
- CISA assessment (SSVC)
- Exploitation: proof of concept · automatable · Technical impact: partial
- Source: CISA Vulnrichment, as of 14 October 2026
CWE
CWE is a catalogue of typical weakness types in software and hardware — such as flawed input validation, unsafe memory handling or poor authentication. Where a CVE names a concrete vulnerability in a concrete product, a CWE describes the underlying class of defect.
Read in glossary- CWE-400, CWE-835
Detection rules
No NEOSEC detection rule is available for this vulnerability yet.
Classification under NIS2 and CRA
Rule-based classification from exploitation status and severity. It does not replace a case-by-case assessment.
NIS2
NIS2 is EU Directive (EU) 2022/2555 to raise the level of cybersecurity across the Union. It substantially broadens obligations compared with the first NIS directive: more sectors, mandatory risk management, staged reporting duties and personal accountability of senior management.
Read in glossary- High technical severity: assess and remediate the vulnerability in vulnerability handling under Art. 21(2)(e) NIS2 and document the decision.
CRA
The CRA is EU Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 setting horizontal cybersecurity requirements for „products with digital elements“ — from industrial controllers and software to connected consumer devices. For the first time manufacturers must ensure security across the entire product lifecycle, handle vulnerabilities and provide security updates.
Read in glossary- From 11.12.2027, Annex I Part II CRA requires manufacturers of affected products with digital elements to handle vulnerabilities without delay and provide security updates.
ISO/IEC 27001
ISO/IEC 27001 is the internationally leading standard for an information security management system (ISMS). It describes a risk-based, process-oriented framework to systematically plan, implement, review and improve information security.
Read in glossary- Control A.8.8, management of technical vulnerabilities: assess relevance to your systems, plan remediation and keep evidence.
Description
Angular is a development platform for building mobile and desktop web applications using TypeScript/JavaScript and other languages. Prior to 20.3.31, 21.2.23, and 22.1.6, the @angular/platform-server DOM emulation parser can enter an infinite synchronous loop when Angular server-side rendering processes attacker-controlled HTML containing an incomplete DOCTYPE that ends with whitespace at end of input. In Domino lib/HTMLParser.js, after_doctype_name_state emits doctype and EOF tokens without advancing nextchar or leaving the fixed-lookahead state, so the scanner repeatedly handles the same EOF marker. A remote unauthenticated attacker can use this condition through server-side HTML parsing paths such as innerHTML binding to consume a Node.js SSR worker at full CPU, starve the event loop, and stop concurrent and subsequent requests. This issue is fixed in versions 20.3.31, 21.2.23, and 22.1.6.
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities), GitHub Security Advisories, cvelistv5, NVD (NIST), CVE.org (MITRE), BSI CSAF, BSI WID Portal
Affected products
The following versions are affected. Older releases of the same product line are also vulnerable unless stated otherwise.
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| @angular/ | platform-server |
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| angular | angular |
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Vendors and products
Weakness classes (CWE)
CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Class
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
Entry at MITRE CWE-400CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Base
The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.
Entry at MITRE CWE-835
References & sources
- github.comangular/angular/security/advisories/GHSA-f67j-2jqw-jpq7web, x_refsource_CONFIRM
- github.comangular/angularpackage
- github.comangular/angular/commit/3db26e2544964d07a520836ad01f02f36ec88e25x_refsource_MISC
- github.comangular/angular/commit/fc2e8fbc0bda2f5c11585e8a0cbd88c074f5e567x_refsource_MISC
- github.comangular/domino/commit/4d97473116d000e3fd4d6f75ec98cbd67576fa6fx_refsource_MISC
- github.comangular/angular/releases/tag/v20.3.31x_refsource_MISC
- github.comangular/angular/releases/tag/v21.2.23x_refsource_MISC
- github.comangular/angular/releases/tag/v22.1.6x_refsource_MISC
Changes to this CVE
Who changed this CVE and when: NVD (analysis, affected products, CVSS), the CVE publisher (CNA) and additional providers such as CISA (ADP).
Record modifiedCISA ADP
CISA assessment (SSVC): exploitation: proof of concept, automatable: yes
Show 2 original changes
Individual changes of this event as published by NVD Type Action Before After Reference added —https://github.com/angular/angular/security/advisories/GHSA-f67j-2jqw-jpq7SSVC assessment added —{"id":"CVE-2026-101895","role":"CISA Coordinator","options":[{"exploitation":"poc"},{"automatable":"yes"},{"technicalImpact":"partial"}],"version":"2.0.3","timestamp":"2026-10-14T17:37:35.859234Z"}Source identifier: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
ReceivedGitHub
CVSS V4.0: AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness type: CWE-400, CWE-835
Description added or changed
New references:- https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/3db26e2544964d07a520836ad01f02f36ec88e25
- https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/fc2e8fbc0bda2f5c11585e8a0cbd88c074f5e567
- https://github.com/angular/angular/releases/tag/v20.3.31
- https://github.com/angular/angular/releases/tag/v21.2.23
and 3 more references
Show 12 original changes
Individual changes of this event as published by NVD Type Action Before After Description added —Angular is a development platform for building mobile and desktop web applications using TypeScript/JavaScript and other languages. Prior to 20.3.31, 21.2.23, and 22.1.6, the @angular/platform-server DOM emulation parser can enter an infinite synchronous loop when Angular server-side rendering processes attacker-controlled HTML containing an incomplete DOCTYPE that ends with whitespace at end of input. In Domino lib/HTMLParser.js, after_doctype_name_state emits doctype and EOF tokens without advancing nextchar or leaving the fixed-lookahead state, so the scanner repeatedly handles the same EOF marker. A remote unauthenticated attacker can use this condition through server-side HTML parsing paths such as innerHTML binding to consume a Node.js SSR worker at full CPU, starve the event loop, and stop concurrent and subsequent requests. This issue is fixed in versions 20.3.31, 21.2.23, and 22.1.6.CVSS added —AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XWeakness type (CWE) added —CWE-400Weakness type (CWE) added —CWE-835Affected versions (publisher) added —New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/101xxx/CVE-2026-101895.json">CVE-2026-101895</a>Reference added —https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/3db26e2544964d07a520836ad01f02f36ec88e25Reference added —https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/fc2e8fbc0bda2f5c11585e8a0cbd88c074f5e567Reference added —https://github.com/angular/angular/releases/tag/v20.3.31Reference added —https://github.com/angular/angular/releases/tag/v21.2.23Reference added —https://github.com/angular/angular/releases/tag/v22.1.6Reference added —https://github.com/angular/angular/security/advisories/GHSA-f67j-2jqw-jpq7Reference added —https://github.com/angular/domino/commit/4d97473116d000e3fd4d6f75ec98cbd67576fa6fSource identifier: security-advisories@github.com
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