๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-56859

UNKNOWN 0.0

Add recursion depth guard during decode in encoding/xml

CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Previously, DecodeElement would reset the depth counter causing it to never fire; this could lead to stack exhaustion.

Vendor go standard library
Product encoding/xml
Published Aug 13, 2026
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Affected Versions

Go standard library / encoding/xml
0 < 1.25.13 1.26.0-0 < 1.26.6 1.27.0-0 < 1.27.0-rc.3

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
go.dev: https://go.dev/issue/80481 go.dev: https://go.dev/cl/803320 groups.google.com: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/94pEornpRlI pkg.go.dev: https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-6088