Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding Affecting golang-docs package, versions <0:1.19.9-2.el9_2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-GOLANGDOCS-7868016
  • published3 Sept 2024
  • disclosed20 Apr 2023

Introduced: 20 Apr 2023

CVE-2023-24539  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-176  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 golang-docs to version 0:1.19.9-2.el9_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:3318.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream golang-docs package and not the golang-docs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Angle brackets (<>) are not considered dangerous characters when inserted into CSS contexts. Templates containing multiple actions separated by a '/' character can result in unexpectedly closing the CSS context and allowing for injection of unexpected HTML, if executed with untrusted input.

CVSS Scores

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