Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting golang-golang-x-net-dev package, versions <1:0.0+git20190811.74dc4d7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-GOLANGGOLANGXNETDEV-5818869
  • published29 Mar 2026
  • disclosed2 Aug 2023

Introduced: 2 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-3978  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 golang-golang-x-net-dev to version 1:0.0+git20190811.74dc4d7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream golang-golang-x-net-dev package and not the golang-golang-x-net-dev package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Text nodes not in the HTML namespace are incorrectly literally rendered, causing text which should be escaped to not be. This could lead to an XSS attack.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1