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CVE-2020-29510

CRITICAL
Published 2020-12-14T19:57:44.107145Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
9.8
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.002
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.2% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.385
Higher than 38.5% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

The encoding/xml package in Go versions 1.15 and earlier does not correctly preserve the semantics of directives during tokenization round-trips, which allows an attacker to craft inputs that behave in conflicting ways during different stages of processing in affected downstream applications.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Golang

Go

Affected Versions:

unspecified

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed CRITICAL

GHSA-p6mv-vmpw-j23r

Advisory Details

The encoding/xml package in Go versions 1.15 and earlier does not correctly preserve the semantics of directives during tokenization round-trips, which allows an attacker to craft inputs that behave in conflicting ways during different stages of processing in affected downstream applications.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

9.0

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-29510
WEB https://github.com/mattermost/xml-roundtrip-validator/blob/master/advisories/unstable-directives.md
WEB https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210129-0006

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 24, 2022, Modified: May 24, 2022

References

https://github.com/mattermost/xml-roundtrip-validator/blob/master/advisories/unstable-directives.md
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210129-0006/
Published: 2020-12-14T19:57:44.107145Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-16T16:48:42.611Z
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