# CVE-2026-39823: Bypass of meta content URL escaping causes XSS in html/template

- Also known as: GO-2026-4982, BIT-GOLANG-2026-39823
- 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: 1.25.10, 1.26.3
- Published: 2026-05-07 · Updated: 2026-05-08

## Affected

- html/template: fixed in 1.25.10; from 1.26.0-0, fixed in 1.26.3
- stdlib (Go): fixed in 1.25.10; from 1.26.0-0, fixed in 1.26.3

## Description

CVE-2026-27142 fixed a vulnerability in which URLs were not correctly escaped inside of a <meta> tag's <content> attribute. If the URL content were to insert ASCII whitespaces around the '=' rune inside of the <content> attribute, the escaper would fail to similarly escape it, leading to XSS.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on html/template, stdlib, upgrade to a fixed version (1.25.10, 1.26.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://go.dev/issue/78913
- https://go.dev/cl/769920
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/qcCIEXso47M
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-4982

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