CVE-2026-25680 (GCVE-0-2026-25680)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-22 15:01 – Updated: 2026-05-22 17:00
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Invoking denial of service when parsing arbitrary HTML in golang.org/x/net/html
Summary
Parsing arbitrary HTML can consume excessive CPU time, possibly leading to denial of service.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-407 - Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| golang.org/x/net | golang.org/x/net/html |
Affected:
0 , < 0.55.0
(semver)
|
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Nomenclature
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