Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting go1.26-openssl-race package, versions <1.26.4-160000.1.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-GO126OPENSSLRACE-17977926
  • published15 Jul 2026
  • disclosed7 Jul 2026

Introduced: 7 Jul 2026

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 go1.26-openssl-race to version 1.26.4-160000.1.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream go1.26-openssl-race package and not the go1.26-openssl-race package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:16.0.0 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