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The encoding/xml package in Go (all versions) does not...

Critical severity Unreviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jul 27, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

The encoding/xml package in Go (all versions) does not correctly preserve the semantics of element namespace prefixes during tokenization round-trips, which allows an attacker to craft inputs that behave in conflicting ways during different stages of processing in affected downstream applications.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 14, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Last updated Jul 27, 2023

Severity

Critical

EPSS score

0.105%
(44th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-29511

GHSA ID

GHSA-g7v2-7v9m-q9j4

Source code

No known source code

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