Description
Uncontrolled recursion in Unmarshal in encoding/xml before Go 1.17.12 and Go 1.18.4 allows an attacker to cause a panic due to stack exhaustion via unmarshalling an XML document into a Go struct which has a nested field that uses the 'any' field tag.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://go.dev/cl/417061
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://go.dev/issue/53611
Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://go.googlesource.com/go/+/c4c1993fd2a5b26fe45c09592af6d3388a3b2e08
Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/nqrv9fbR0zE
Vendor Advisory
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-0523
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0162
EPSS Percentile
72.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-674
Status
published
Products (1)
golang/go
< 1.17.12
Published
Aug 10, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026