Medium severity · published May 22, 2026
CVE-2026-42506
Invoking incorrect handling of namespaced elements in foreign content in golang.org/x/net/html
6.1
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Parsing arbitrary HTML which is then rendered using Render can result in an unexpected HTML tree. This can be leveraged to execute XSS attacks in applications that attempt to sanitize input HTML before rendering.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 14% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GO
golang.org/x/net/html · golang.org/x/net
before 0.55.0 · source: vendor
NE
Net · Golang
before 0.55.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42506
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-42506
Issue Tracking
https://go.dev/cl/781700
Issue Tracking
https://go.dev/issue/79571
Mailing List
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/iI-mYSI0lu8
Vendor Advisory
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-5025
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