CVE-2025-47911: Quadratic parsing complexity in golang.org/x/net/html
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-47911 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in go html. EPSS estimates a 0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 73 · Related 76Timeline
- 05-02-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 12-02-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The html.Parse function in golang.org/x/net/html has quadratic parsing complexity when processing certain inputs, which can lead to denial of service (DoS) if an attacker provides specially crafted HTML content.
CVSS metrics
7 scores · 7 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- OSV · GoEcosystem advisory · calculated5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- NVDNIST5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS trend
Probability
0.56%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
47%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Decrease -0.01 pp
From 0.57% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Chainguard200 products
- addon-resizerAll versions (No fix recorded)
- addon-resizer-fipsAll versions (No fix recorded)
- amazon-ecs-agentAll versions (No fix recorded)
- amazon-ecs-agent-fipsAll versions (No fix recorded)
- amazon-k8s-cni-init-fips-compatAll versions (No fix recorded)
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References
15 linksShow all 15 references
- go.googlesource.com/netPACKAGE