CVE-2020-29510
MEDIUM
5.6
CVSS Score
Published: December 14, 2020 at 07:57 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:11 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsGoTrident
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Severity
MEDIUM5.6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/mattermost/xml-roundtrip-validator/blob/master/advisories/unstable-directives.mdx_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210129-0006/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- LOW
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-115NVD-CWE-Other
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