GO-2026-6088

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    GO-2026-6088

    Published: 13 Aug 2026Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: Add recursion depth guard during decode in encoding/xml

    Details: Previously, DecodeElement would reset the depth counter causing it to never fire; this could lead to stack exhaustion.

    References: https://go.dev/issue/80481, https://go.dev/cl/803320, https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/94pEornpRlI

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: stdlib

    Purl: pkg:golang/stdlib

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.25.13

    Affected versions

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