# CVE-2026-56859: Add recursion depth guard during decode in encoding/xml

- Also known as: GO-2026-6088, BIT-GOLANG-2026-56859
- 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=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.25.13, 1.26.6, 1.27.0-rc.3
- Published: 2026-08-13 · Updated: 2026-08-14

## Affected

- encoding/xml: fixed in 1.25.13; from 1.26.0-0, fixed in 1.26.6; from 1.27.0-0, fixed in 1.27.0-rc.3
- stdlib (Go): fixed in 1.25.13; from 1.26.0-0, fixed in 1.26.6; from 1.27.0-0, fixed in 1.27.0-rc.3

## Description

Previously, DecodeElement would reset the depth counter causing it to never fire; this could lead to stack exhaustion.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on encoding/xml, stdlib, upgrade to a fixed version (1.25.13, 1.26.6, 1.27.0-rc.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://go.dev/issue/80481
- https://go.dev/cl/803320
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/94pEornpRlI
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-6088

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