CVE-2026-25680: Invoking denial of service when parsing arbitrary HTML in golang.org/x/net/html
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Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-25680 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in golang net. EPSS estimates a 0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 6.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 43 · Related 44Timeline
- 22-05-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 22-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Parsing arbitrary HTML can consume excessive CPU time, possibly leading to denial of service.
CVSS metrics
7 scores · 7 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · GoEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.33%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
26%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Decrease -0.13 pp
From 0.46% 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 causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Chainguard200 products
- actions-runner-controllerAll versions (No fix recorded)
- addon-resizerAll versions (No fix recorded)
- addon-resizer-fipsAll versions (No fix recorded)
- agentbeatAll versions (No fix recorded)
- amassAll versions (No fix recorded)
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References
14 links- pkg.go.devWEB