Cross-site scripting in Angular - CVE-2026-22610
Published: January 9, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU121119
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-22610
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote user to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of "href" and "xlink:href" attributes of SVG elements in the Angular Template Compiler. A remote user can provide a malicious payload, such as a data:text/javascript URI or a link to an external malicious script and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Affected software
Angular
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services
Storage Protect Client
Storage Protect for Space Management
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services
Storage Protect Client
Storage Protect for Space Management
How to mitigate CVE-2026-22610
Install updates from vendor's website.
Angular - addressed in versions 19.2.18, 20.3.16, 21.0.7
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services - addressed in versions 6.3.0.19, 6.4.0.8
Storage Protect Client - update to 8.2.2.0
Storage Protect for Space Management - update to 8.2.2.0
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services - addressed in versions 6.3.0.19, 6.4.0.8
Storage Protect Client - update to 8.2.2.0
Storage Protect for Space Management - update to 8.2.2.0