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CVE-2026-58402

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Description

Hugo is a static site generator. From 0.60.0 until 0.163.3, Hugo's default code-block renderer wrote the Markdown code-fence language or info-string into the code class="language-…" data-lang="…" wrapper without HTML escaping. A fence info-string containing a quote and a script payload breaks out of the attribute and injects a live script element. This issue is fixed in 0.163.3.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.1 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-06 20:16:38.040000
Last modified
2026-10-25 20:10:00.147000
View original CVE JSON
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  "id": "CVE-2026-58402",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-07-06T20:16:38.040",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-25T20:10:00.147",
  "vulnStatus": "Analyzed",
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      "value": "Hugo is a static site generator. From 0.60.0 until 0.163.3, Hugo's default code-block renderer wrote the Markdown code-fence language or info-string into the code class=\"language-…\" data-lang=\"…\" wrapper without HTML escaping. A fence info-string containing a quote and a script payload breaks out of the attribute and injects a live script element. This issue is fixed in 0.163.3."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Hugo es un generador de sitios estáticos. Desde la versión 0.60.0 hasta la 0.163.3, el renderizador de bloques de código predeterminado de Hugo escribía el lenguaje de la valla de código Markdown o la cadena de información en el contenedor code class=“language-...” data-lang=“...” sin escape HTML. Una cadena de información de valla que contiene una comilla y una carga útil de script escapa del atributo e inyecta un elemento de script activo. Este problema se solucionó en la versión 0.163.3."
    }
  ],
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