Infinite loop Affecting std/encoding/xml package, versions <1.15.9>=1.16.0-0 <1.16.1
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- published6 Jan 2026
- disclosed17 Feb 2022
- creditSam Whited
Introduced: 17 Feb 2022
CVE-2021-27918 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade std/encoding/xml to version 1.15.9, 1.16.1 or higher.
Overview
std/encoding/xml is a Go standard library package std/encoding/xml
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Infinite loop.
Go Vulnerability Report:
The Decode, DecodeElement, and Skip methods of an xml.Decoder provided by xml.NewTokenDecoder may enter an infinite loop when operating on a custom xml.TokenReader which returns an EOF in the middle of an open XML element.