Medium severity · published Dec 14, 2020
CVE-2020-29510
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…
5.6
CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 81% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GO
GO · Golang
through 1.15 · source: NVD
TR
Trident · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-29510
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-29510
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/mattermost/xml-roundtrip-validator/blob/master/advisories/unstable-directives.md
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210129-0006/
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