Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output Affecting std/html/template package, versions <1.19.9>=1.20.0-0 <1.20.4
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- published6 Jan 2026
- disclosed5 May 2023
- creditJuho Nurminen
Introduced: 5 May 2023
CVE-2023-24540 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade std/html/template to version 1.19.9, 1.20.4 or higher.
Overview
std/html/template is a Go standard library package std/html/template
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output.
Go Vulnerability Report:
Not all valid JavaScript whitespace characters are considered to be whitespace. Templates containing whitespace characters outside of the character set "\t\n\f\r\u0020\u2028\u2029" in JavaScript contexts that also contain actions may not be properly sanitized during execution.