CVE-2020-29509

Published Dec 14, 2020

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description
The encoding/xml package in Go (all versions) does not correctly preserve the semantics of attribute namespace prefixes 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.
Source
responsibledisclosure@mattermost.com
NVD status
Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
5.6
Impact score
3.4
Exploitability score
2.2
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6.8
Impact score
6.4
Exploitability score
8.6
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-Other
responsibledisclosure@mattermost.com
CWE-115

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