CVE-2020-29509 (GCVE-0-2020-29509)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-12-14 20:02 – Updated: 2024-09-17 03:43
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The encoding/xml package in Go (all versions) does not correctly preserve the semantics of attribute namespace prefixes during tokenization round-trips, which allows an attacker to craft inputs that behave in conflicting ways during different stages of processing in affected downstream applications.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- CWE-115 - Misinterpretation of Input
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/mattermost/xml-roundtrip-valid… | x_refsource_MISC |
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Impacted products
Date Public
2020-12-14 00:00
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