golang go CVE-2020-29509 in GoLang and NetApp Products
Published on December 14, 2020

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The encoding/xml package in Go (all versions) does not correctly preserve the semantics of attribute namespace prefixes during tokenization round-trips, which allows an attacker to craft inputs that behave in conflicting ways during different stages of processing in affected downstream applications.

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Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2020-29509 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

Misinterpretation of Input

The software misinterprets an input, whether from an attacker or another product, in a security-relevant fashion.


Products Associated with CVE-2020-29509

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Affected Versions

Golang Go Version All versions is affected by CVE-2020-29509

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.19%
Percentile
40.37%

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