CVE-2021-27918

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

encoding/xml in Go before 1.15.9 and 1.16.x before 1.16.1 has an infinite loop if a custom TokenReader (for xml.NewTokenDecoder) returns EOF in the middle of an element. This can occur in the Decode, DecodeElement, or Skip method.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-835

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/MfiLYjG-RAwMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02Third Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/MfiLYjG-RAwMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 11, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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