CVE-2023-3978

mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.009 · 58 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.85% (58th) EPSS

CVSS 6.1 · medium

Is it mine?

45 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Text nodes not in the HTML namespace are incorrectly literally rendered, causing text which should be escaped to not be. This could lead to an XSS attack.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 2.7

v3.16.1mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.15.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-79USprimaryCWE-79USCWE-79US

affected products (45)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Fedora Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:-
Golang Goall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:golang:go:-
IBM App Connect Enterpriseall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:app_connect_enterprise:-
RESF Rocky Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:resf:rocky_linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform <4.12.48all versionscert_bundDE
SUSE Managerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:suse:manager:-
Splunk Splunk Enterprise <9.1.6all versionscert_bundDE
Splunk Splunk Enterprise <9.2.3all versionscert_bundDE
Splunk Splunk Enterprise <9.3.1all versionscert_bundDE
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
Red Hat OpenShift≤ Container Platform <4.12.48cert_bundDE
Splunk Splunk Enterprise< 9.1.6cert_bundDE
Splunk Splunk Enterprise< 9.2.3cert_bundDE
Splunk Splunk Enterprise< 9.3.1cert_bundDE
golang.org/x/net golang.org/x/net/html0 → 0.13.0enisa_euvdEU
Red Hat Inc. Cryostat≤ 2fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Openshift Service Mesh≤ 2fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes≤ 2fstec_bduRU

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advisories (6)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-1938Golang Go: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-08-01csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Golang Go ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen oder einen Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriff durchzuführen.
WID-SEC-W-2023-3146IBM MQ Operator and Queue manager: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-12-13csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM MQ Operator and Queue manager ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, Informationen offenzulegen oder Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen.
GHSA-2wrh-6pvc-2jm9Improper rendering of text nodes in golang.org/x/net/html2023-08-02ghsa · osvUS
Text nodes not in the HTML namespace are incorrectly literally rendered, causing text which should be escaped to not be. This could lead to an XSS attack.
CGA-mfqp-7753-ccr92024-06-06vendor · osvUS
CGA-qf3j-6m98-rg7r2024-06-06vendor · osvUS
GO-2023-1988Improper rendering of text nodes in golang.org/x/net/html2023-08-02vendor · osvUS
Text nodes not in the HTML namespace are incorrectly literally rendered, causing text which should be escaped to not be. This could lead to an XSS attack.

also known as (9)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu osv cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-08-02modified 2026-06-17

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references (14)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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