UBUNTU-CVE-2026-39823

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Published: 07 May 2026, 20:16
Last modified:20 May 2026, 16:25

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
24/100
CVSS Score
6.1 MEDIUM
3.1 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

07 May 2026, 20:16
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
20 May 2026, 16:25
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

CVE-2026-27142 fixed a vulnerability in which URLs were not correctly escaped inside of a <meta> tag's <content> attribute. If the URL content were to insert ASCII whitespaces around the '=' rune inside of the <content> attribute, the escaper would fail to similarly escape it, leading to XSS.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1MEDIUMScore: 6.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected Systems

  • ubuntugolang-1.10

    all | all | all

  • ubuntugolang-1.13

    all | all

  • ubuntugolang-1.14

    all

  • ubuntugolang-1.16

    all

  • ubuntugolang-1.17

    all

  • ubuntugolang-1.18

    all | all | all

  • ubuntugolang-1.20

    all | all

  • ubuntugolang-1.21

    all | all | all

  • ubuntugolang-1.22

    all | all | all

  • ubuntugolang-1.23

    all | all | all | all

  • ubuntugolang-1.24

    all | all | all | all

  • ubuntugolang-1.25

    all | all

  • ubuntugolang-1.6

    all

  • ubuntugolang-1.8

    all

  • ubuntugolang-1.9

    all

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