Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting go1.25-openssl package, versions <1.25.10-150600.13.18.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES156-GO125OPENSSL-16890047
  • published27 May 2026
  • disclosed26 May 2026

Introduced: 26 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-39823  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 go1.25-openssl to version 1.25.10-150600.13.18.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream go1.25-openssl package and not the go1.25-openssl package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.6 relevant fixed versions and status.

CVE-2026-27142 fixed a vulnerability in which URLs were not correctly escaped inside of a <meta> tag's <content> attribute. If the URL content were to insert ASCII whitespaces around the '=' rune inside of the <content> attribute, the escaper would fail to similarly escape it, leading to XSS.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1