CVE-2026-25680 (GCVE-0-2026-25680)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-22 15:01 – Updated: 2026-05-22 17:00
VLAI
Title
Invoking denial of service when parsing arbitrary HTML in golang.org/x/net/html
Summary
Parsing arbitrary HTML can consume excessive CPU time, possibly leading to denial of service.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-22 17:00 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-407 - Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
Assigner
Go CNA under the Google root
CNA scorecard E 42/100 over 75 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
golang.org/x/net golang.org/x/net/html Affected: 0 , < 0.55.0 (semver)
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Credits
IPC Labs
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