CVE-2026-42502 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://go.dev/cl/781701
https://go.dev/issue/79572
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/iI-mYSI0lu8
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-5027

History

Fri, 22 May 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses	CWE-79

Fri, 22 May 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Fri, 22 May 2026 16:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-79

Fri, 22 May 2026 15:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Title		Invoking incorrect handling of HTML elements in foreign content in golang.org/x/net/html
References		https://go.dev/cl/781701 https://go.dev/issue/79572 https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/iI-mYSI0lu8 https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-5027

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Go

Published: 2026-05-22T15:01:21.649Z

Updated: 2026-05-22T17:17:20.637Z

Reserved: 2026-04-28T00:21:12.791Z

Link: CVE-2026-42502

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-22T17:16:48.633Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-22T21:30:16Z

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