CVE-2023-3978

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    CVE-2023-3978

    Published: 2 Aug 2023Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary: Improper rendering of text nodes in golang.org/x/net/html

    Details: Text nodes not in the HTML namespace are incorrectly literally rendered, causing text which should be escaped to not be. This could lead to an XSS attack.

    References: https://go.dev/cl/514896, https://go.dev/issue/61615, https://pkg.go.dev, https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2023-1988, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/3xxx/CVE-2023-3978.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3978

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -8ffa475fbdb33da97e8bf79cc5791ee8751fca5e

    Affected versions

    v0.12.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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