Security & Sanitization in Angular

From the Angular cheat sheet · Security · verified Jul 2026

Security & Sanitization

XSS protection and content sanitization

typescript
// Angular automatically sanitizes values
@Component({
  template: \`
    <!-- Automatically sanitized -->
    <div [innerHTML]="userContent"></div>

    <!-- Text interpolation is always safe -->
    <p>{{ userInput }}</p>
  \`
})
export class SafeComponent {
  userContent = '<script>alert("XSS")</script>'; // Script tags removed
  userInput = '<img src=x onerror="alert(1)">'; // Displayed as text
}
💡 Angular automatically sanitizes innerHTML to prevent XSS
⚡ Use DomSanitizer.bypassSecurityTrust* only for trusted content
📌 Always validate and sanitize user input on both client and server
🔥 Implement CSP headers to prevent unauthorized script execution
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