🛡️ CVE-2024-8373 on npm (Root.io) — angular

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2024-8373 as tracked by npm (Root.io), for the package angular. The fix is available in version 1.4.14-root.io.3; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability low. (rating taken from the base CVE record.)

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: None.
• Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

ROOT-APP-NPM-CVE-2024-8373 is classified as CWE-791: Incomplete Filtering of Special Elements. The product receives data from an upstream component, but does not completely filter special elements before sending it to a downstream component.

Affected software

ROOT-APP-NPM-CVE-2024-8373 is recorded against 2 packages.

• @rootio/angular (fixed in 1.4.14-root.io.3)
• angular (fixed in 1.4.14-aikido.3)

Timeline and source

Published on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

Other advisories for this package

@rootio/angular has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• ROOT-APP-NPM-CVE-2019-14863 (5.0 Medium, published 4 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-APP-NPM-CVE-2024-21490 (8.0 High, published 4 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-APP-NPM-CVE-2019-10768 (8.0 High, published 4 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-APP-NPM-CVE-2023-26118 (5.0 Medium, published 4 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-APP-NPM-GHSA-5cp4-xmrw-59wf (5.0 Medium, published 4 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-APP-NPM-CVE-2023-26117 (5.0 Medium, published 4 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-APP-NPM-GHSA-28hp-fgcr-2r4h (5.0 Medium, published 4 Aug 2026)
• ROOT-APP-NPM-CVE-2023-26116 (5.0 Medium, published 4 Aug 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-791: Incomplete Filtering of Special Elements) in other software:

• CVE-2026-18632 (6.3 Medium, published 3 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-5559 (6.3 Medium, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-6984 (4.7 Medium, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-11998 (7.6 High, published 24 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-9498 (6.3 Medium, published 25 May 2026)
• CVE-2026-8740 (6.3 Medium, published 17 May 2026)
• CVE-2026-44232 (8.0 High, published 12 May 2026)
• GHSA-vjgj-42f6-7997 (published 29 Apr 2026)

CVE-2024-8373 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

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