Medium severity5.4NVD Advisory· Published Apr 6, 2026· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2026-35166

Description

Hugo is a static site generator. From 0.60.0 to before 0.159.2, links and image links in the default markdown to HTML renderer are not properly escaped. Hugo users who trust their Markdown content or have custom render hooks for links and images are not affected. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.159.2.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
github.com/gohugoio/hugoGo	>= 0.60.0, < 0.159.2	0.159.2

Affected products

Gohugoio/Hugo3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:gohugo:hugo:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gohugo:hugo:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*range: >=0.60.0,<0.159.2
- cpe:2.3:a:gohugo:hugo:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*range: >=0.60.0,<0.159.2
- cpe:2.3:a:gohugo:hugo:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*range: >=0.60.0,<0.159.2
ghsa-coords2 versions
pkg:golang/github.com/gohugoio/hugo pkg:rpm/opensuse/govulncheck-vulndb&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0
>= 0.60.0, < 0.159.2+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 0.60.0, < 0.159.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1

Patches

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References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-mcv8-8m8x-48pgghsaADVISORY
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/security/advisories/GHSA-mcv8-8m8x-48pgnvdVendor AdvisoryWEB
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35166ghsaADVISORY
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/479fe6c654937a850b65e74551dc4e857d52898fghsaWEB

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