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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First Time appeared Go Standard Library
Go Standard Library html/template
Vendors & Products Go Standard Library
Go Standard Library html/template

Thu, 07 May 2026 21:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-79

Thu, 07 May 2026 20:00:00 +0000

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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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cve-icon MITRE

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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cve-icon NVD

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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Updated: 2026-05-07T23:00:07Z

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