# CVE-2026-32287: Infinite loop in github.com/antchfx/xpath

- Also known as: GO-2026-4526, GHSA-65XW-VW82-R86X
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.3.6
- Published: 2026-03-26 · Updated: 2026-03-30

## Affected

- github.com/antchfx/xpath: fixed in 1.3.6
- github.com/antchfx/xpath (Go): fixed in 1.3.6

## Description

Boolean XPath expressions that evaluate to true can cause an infinite loop in logicalQuery.Select, leading to 100% CPU usage. This can be triggered by top-level selectors such as "1=1" or "true()".

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on github.com/antchfx/xpath, upgrade to a fixed version (1.3.6) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/antchfx/xpath/issues/121
- https://github.com/antchfx/xpath/commit/afd4762cc342af56345a3fb4002a59281fcab494
- https://github.com/golang/vulndb/issues/4526
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-4526

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