CVE-2022-28131
Stack exhaustion from deeply nested XML documents in encoding/xml
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 9, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:38 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsFedoraGoCloud Insights Telegraf
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
Uncontrolled recursion in Decoder.Skip in encoding/xml before Go 1.17.12 and Go 1.18.4 allows an attacker to cause a panic due to stack exhaustion via a deeply nested XML document.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
95%
v < 1.17.121.18.0 ≤ v < 1.18.4
Affected range stops below 1.17.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.18.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
All versions
Affected range stops below 1.17.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.18.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
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 (5)
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-674
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