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CVE-2026-56859 (GCVE-0-2026-56859)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-13 21:58 – Updated: 2026-08-14 15:21
VLAI
Title
Add recursion depth guard during decode in encoding/xml
Summary
Previously, DecodeElement would reset the depth counter causing it to never fire; this could lead to stack exhaustion.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-14 15:21 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Go standard library encoding/xml Affected: 0 , < 1.25.13 (semver)
Affected: 1.26.0-0 , < 1.26.6 (semver)
Affected: 1.27.0-0 , < 1.27.0-rc.3 (semver)
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