CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-29509
5.6 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-12-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.6 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-115
Description
The encoding/xml package in Go (all versions) does not correctly preserve the semantics of attribute namespace prefixes 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.
Affected configurations
• golang go (< 1.17)
• netapp trident
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-115 Misinterpretation of Input weakness
References
- https://github.com/mattermost/xml-roundtrip-validator/blob/master/advisories/unstable-attributes.md Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210129-0006/ Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/mattermost/xml-roundtrip-validator/blob/master/advisories/unstable-attributes.md Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210129-0006/ Third Party Advisory