CVE-2026-39823

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.

  • Published May 7, 2026
  • CVSS 6.1 medium
  • 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS)
  • A fix is available

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CVE-2026-39823 at the National Vulnerability Database