CVE-2026-42502 (GCVE-0-2026-42502)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-22 15:01 – Updated: 2026-05-22 17:17
VLAI
Title
Invoking incorrect handling of HTML elements in foreign content in golang.org/x/net/html
Summary
Parsing arbitrary HTML which is then rendered using Render can result in an unexpected HTML tree. This can be leveraged to execute XSS attacks in applications that attempt to sanitize input HTML before rendering.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-22 17:16 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
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
Tristan Madani
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