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Security checkNovember 20, 2025

angular Prototype Pollution vulnerability

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Description

Versions of angular prior to 1.7.9 are vulnerable to prototype pollution. The deprecated API function merge() does not restrict the modification of an Object’s prototype in the , which may allow an attacker to add or modify an existing property that will exist on all objects.

Recommendation

Update the angular package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

  • Affected version(s): < 1.7.9
  • Patched version(s): 1.7.9

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