Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 8, 2023· Updated Feb 13, 2025
Improper handling of HTML-like comments in script contexts in html/template
CVE-2023-39318
Description
The html/template package does not properly handle HTML-like "" comment tokens, nor hashbang "#!" comment tokens, in contexts. This may cause the template parser to improperly interpret the contents of contexts, causing actions to be improperly escaped. This may be leveraged to perform an XSS attack.
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Affected products
73- osv-coords71 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/falcopkg:apk/chainguard/falco-devpkg:apk/chainguard/falco-srcpkg:apk/chainguard/kindpkg:apk/chainguard/metrics-serverpkg:apk/chainguard/metrics-server-bitnami-compatpkg:apk/chainguard/metrics-server-compatpkg:apk/chainguard/metrics-server-iamguarded-compatpkg:apk/wolfi/falcopkg:apk/wolfi/falco-devpkg:apk/wolfi/falco-srcpkg:apk/wolfi/kindpkg:apk/wolfi/metrics-serverpkg:apk/wolfi/metrics-server-bitnami-compatpkg:apk/wolfi/metrics-server-compatpkg:apk/wolfi/metrics-server-iamguarded-compatpkg:bitnami/golangpkg:rpm/almalinux/aardvark-dnspkg:rpm/almalinux/buildahpkg:rpm/almalinux/buildah-testspkg:rpm/almalinux/cockpit-podmanpkg:rpm/almalinux/conmonpkg:rpm/almalinux/containernetworking-pluginspkg:rpm/almalinux/containers-commonpkg:rpm/almalinux/container-selinuxpkg:rpm/almalinux/critpkg:rpm/almalinux/criupkg:rpm/almalinux/criu-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/criu-libspkg:rpm/almalinux/crunpkg:rpm/almalinux/fuse-overlayfspkg:rpm/almalinux/libslirppkg:rpm/almalinux/libslirp-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/netavarkpkg:rpm/almalinux/oci-seccomp-bpf-hookpkg:rpm/almalinux/podmanpkg:rpm/almalinux/podman-catatonitpkg:rpm/almalinux/podman-dockerpkg:rpm/almalinux/podman-gvproxypkg:rpm/almalinux/podman-pluginspkg:rpm/almalinux/podman-remotepkg:rpm/almalinux/podman-testspkg:rpm/almalinux/python3-criupkg:rpm/almalinux/python3-podmanpkg:rpm/almalinux/runcpkg:rpm/almalinux/skopeopkg:rpm/almalinux/skopeo-testspkg:rpm/almalinux/slirp4netnspkg:rpm/almalinux/toolboxpkg:rpm/almalinux/toolbox-testspkg:rpm/almalinux/udicapkg:rpm/opensuse/go1.20&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/go1.20&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/go1.20&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/go1.20-openssl&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/go1.20-openssl&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/go1.21&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/go1.21&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/go1.21&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/go1.21-openssl&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/go1.21-openssl&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/suse/go1.20&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/go1.20&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/go1.20-openssl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/go1.20-openssl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/go1.21&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/go1.21&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/go1.21&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2012pkg:rpm/suse/go1.21-openssl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/go1.21-openssl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/go&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2012
< 0.37.1-r0+ 70 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.37.1-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 0.37.1-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 0.37.1-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 0.21.0-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.4-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.4-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.4-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.4-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.37.1-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 0.37.1-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 0.37.1-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 0.21.0-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.4-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.4-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.4-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.4-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.20.8
- (no CPE)range: < 2:1.0.1-38.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
- (no CPE)range: < 1:1.31.3-2.el9_3
- (no CPE)range: < 1:1.31.3-2.el9_3
- (no CPE)range: < 46-1.module_el8.7.0+3344+5bcd850f
- (no CPE)range: < 2:2.1.4-2.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
- (no CPE)range: < 1:1.3.0-6.el9_3
- (no CPE)range: < 2:1-38.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
- (no CPE)range: < 2:2.205.0-3.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
- (no CPE)range: < 3.15-3.module_el8.6.0+3137+d33c3efb
- (no CPE)range: < 3.15-3.module_el8.6.0+2877+8e437bf5
- (no CPE)range: < 3.15-3.module_el8.6.0+2877+8e437bf5
- (no CPE)range: < 3.15-3.module_el8.6.0+2877+8e437bf5
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.7-1.module_el8.9.0+3683+33eb0feb
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9-2.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.0-1.module_el8.6.0+2877+8e437bf5
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.0-1.module_el8.6.0+3137+d33c3efb
- (no CPE)range: < 2:1.0.1-38.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.5-2.module_el8.8.0+3468+16b86c82
- (no CPE)range: < 2:4.6.1-7.el9_3
- (no CPE)range: < 2:4.0.2-25.module_el8.9.0+3711+04fcca5e.alma.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2:4.6.1-7.el9_3
- (no CPE)range: < 2:4.6.1-7.el9_3
- (no CPE)range: < 2:4.6.1-7.el9_3
- (no CPE)range: < 2:4.6.1-7.el9_3
- (no CPE)range: < 2:4.6.1-7.el9_3
- (no CPE)range: < 3.15-3.module_el8.6.0+3137+d33c3efb
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.0-2.module_el8.9.0+3711+04fcca5e
- (no CPE)range: < 1:1.1.5-2.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
- (no CPE)range: < 2:1.13.3-3.el9_3
- (no CPE)range: < 2:1.13.3-3.el9_3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.8-3.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
- (no CPE)range: < 0.0.99.4-5.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
- (no CPE)range: < 0.0.99.4-5.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
- (no CPE)range: < 0.2.6-4.module_el8.9.0+3627+db8ec155
- (no CPE)range: < 1.20.8-150000.1.23.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.20.8-150000.1.23.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.20.8-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.20.8.1-150000.1.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.20.8.1-150000.1.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.21.1-150000.1.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.21.1-150000.1.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.21.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.21.4.1-150000.1.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.21.4.1-150000.1.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.20.8-150000.1.23.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.20.8-150000.1.23.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.20.8.1-150000.1.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.20.8.1-150000.1.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.21.1-150000.1.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.21.1-150000.1.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.21.3-2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.21.4.1-150000.1.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.21.4.1-150000.1.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.21-41.1
- Go standard library/html/templatev5Range: 0
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