# CVE-2026-27142: URLs in meta content attribute actions are not escaped in html/template

- Also known as: GO-2026-4603, BIT-GOLANG-2026-27142
- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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: 1.25.8, 1.26.1
- Published: 2026-03-06 · Updated: 2026-03-16

## Affected

- html/template: fixed in 1.25.8; from 1.26.0-0, fixed in 1.26.1
- stdlib (Go): fixed in 1.25.8; from 1.26.0-0, fixed in 1.26.1

## Description

Actions which insert URLs into the content attribute of HTML meta tags are not escaped. This can allow XSS if the meta tag also has an http-equiv attribute with the value "refresh". A new GODEBUG setting has been added, htmlmetacontenturlescape, which can be used to disable escaping URLs in actions in the meta content attribute which follow "url=" by setting htmlmetacontenturlescape=0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on html/template, stdlib, upgrade to a fixed version (1.25.8, 1.26.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/EdhZqrQ98hk
- https://go.dev/issue/77954
- https://go.dev/cl/752081
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-4603

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