CVE-2021-27918
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 10, 2021 at 11:54 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:45 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGo
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
encoding/xml in Go before 1.15.9 and 1.16.x before 1.16.1 has an infinite loop if a custom TokenReader (for xml.NewTokenDecoder) returns EOF in the middle of an element. This can occur in the Decode, DecodeElement, or Skip method.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/MfiLYjG-RAwVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-835
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