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.

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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

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Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
golang.org/x/net golang.org/x/net/html unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 0.55.0

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

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

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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

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Weaknesses CWE-79

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

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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
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Go

Published:

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-42502

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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

cve-icon NVD

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-22T16:30:40Z

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