CVE-2021-27918
Infinite loop when decoding inputs in encoding/xml
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.03%
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.
How to fix CVE-2021-27918
To remediate CVE-2021-27918, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Bitnami/golang—upgrade to 1.15.9 or later
- —upgrade to 1.15.9-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.15.9 or later
Is CVE-2021-27918 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.15.9, >= 1.16.0, < 1.16.1
- from 0, < 1.15.9-1
- from 0, < 1.15.9, >= 1.16.0-0, < 1.16.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |