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CVE-2023-3978

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

Published: Aug 2, 2023Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-79
NVD MITRE
6.1CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.8%
Top 46.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:CC:LI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise LinuxRed Hat Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Openshift Service MeshRed Hat Inc.
SaaSSaaS Service
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
РЕД ОСООО «Ред Софт»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Openshift Data FoundationRed Hat Inc.
On-prem
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for KubernetesRed Hat Inc.
On-prem
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
ооо «ред софт»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka red soft
and 15 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://go.dev/cl/514896
go.dev
https://go.dev/issue/61615
go.dev
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2023-1988
pkg.go.dev
and 7 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Aug 2, 2023
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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