# CVE-2026-100691: Hugo before 0.166.0 Stored XSS via lineAnchors code block option

- Also known as: GHSA-Q4XF-287F-98R8
- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.166.0
- Published: 2026-09-26 · Updated: 2026-09-28

## Affected

- gohugoio hugo: from 0.75.0, fixed in 0.166.0

## Description

Hugo versions 0.75.0 through 0.165.x contain a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability: the syntax highlighter does not escape the `lineAnchors` option before passing it to Chroma, which writes the value verbatim into the `id` and `href` attributes of the generated line-number markup. A crafted `lineAnchors` value supplied as a Markdown code fence attribute (or passed to the `highlight` template function) results in unescaped HTML in the rendered page, allowing arbitrary JavaScript to execute in the browsers of visitors to the generated site. This affects sites that build and publish Markdown from untrusted contributors; Hugo's security model otherwise considers content trusted input. Fixed in 0.166.0, where the `lineAnchors` value is HTML-escaped before being passed to Chroma.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on gohugoio hugo, upgrade to a fixed version (0.166.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/security/advisories/GHSA-q4xf-287f-98r8
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hugo-before-0.166.0-stored-xss-via-lineanchors-code-block-option

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