Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting golang-tests package, versions <0:1.20.8-1.47.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-GOLANGTESTS-6147331
  • published9 Jan 2024
  • disclosed8 Sept 2023

Introduced: 8 Sep 2023

CVE-2023-39319  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 golang-tests to version 0:1.20.8-1.47.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2023-1848.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream golang-tests package and not the golang-tests package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

The html/template package does not apply the proper rules for handling occurrences of "<script", "<!--", and "</script" within JS literals in <script> contexts. This may cause the template parser to improperly consider script contexts to be terminated early, causing actions to be improperly escaped. This could be leveraged to perform an XSS attack.

CVSS Scores

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