CVE-2026-27142 fixed a vulnerability in which URLs were not correctly escaped inside of a <meta> tag's <content> attribute. If the URL content were to insert ASCII whitespaces around the '=' rune inside of the <content> attribute, the escaper would fail to similarly escape it, leading to XSS.
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Thu, 07 May 2026 23:15:00 +0000
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Go Standard Library
Go Standard Library html/template |
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Go Standard Library
Go Standard Library html/template |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-79 |
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| Description | CVE-2026-27142 fixed a vulnerability in which URLs were not correctly escaped inside of a <meta> tag's <content> attribute. If the URL content were to insert ASCII whitespaces around the '=' rune inside of the <content> attribute, the escaper would fail to similarly escape it, leading to XSS. | |
| Title | Bypass of meta content URL escaping causes XSS in html/template | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Go
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-07T19:41:19.524Z
Reserved: 2026-04-07T18:13:03.527Z
Link: CVE-2026-39823
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-05-07T20:16:43.290
Modified: 2026-05-07T20:38:04.860
Link: CVE-2026-39823
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-05-07T23:00:07Z