GHSA-w4gw-w5jq-g9jh

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    GHSA-w4gw-w5jq-g9jh

    Published: 12 Feb 2026Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: golang.org/x/net/html has a Quadratic Parsing Complexity issue

    Details: The html.Parse function in golang.org/x/net/html has quadratic parsing complexity when processing certain inputs, which can lead to Denial of Service (DoS) if an attacker provides specially crafted HTML content.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47911, https://github.com/golang/vulndb/issues/4440, https://go.dev/cl/709876, https://go.googlesource.com/net, https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/jnQcOYpiR2c, https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-4440

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: golang.org/x/net/html

    Purl: pkg:golang/golang.org/x/net/html

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.45.0

    Affected versions

    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
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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