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High 7.5Published Aug 13, 2026
CVE-2026-56859Add recursion depth guard during decode in encoding/xml
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Previously, DecodeElement would reset the depth counter causing it to never fire; this could lead to stack exhaustion.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-770
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Go
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Aug 14, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Go standard library encoding/xml go_standard_library:encoding_xml (from the name) | before 1.25.13; from 1.26.0-0 before 1.26.6; 1.27.0-0 builds before 1.27.0-rc.3 | CNA record |
References
- https://go.dev/issue/80481
- https://go.dev/cl/803320
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/94pEornpRlI
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-6088
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