CVE-2020-29511

medium

Description

The encoding/xml package in Go (all versions) does not correctly preserve the semantics of element 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.

References

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210129-0006/

https://github.com/mattermost/xml-roundtrip-validator/blob/master/advisories/unstable-elements.md

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-12-14

Updated: 2023-07-27

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Severity: Medium