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TI-2020-15035 Aliases CVE-2020-24553GHSA-pfr3-j9r8-5229

Go before 1.14.8 and 1.15.x before 1.15.1 allows XSS because text/html is the default for…

Priority LOW 34CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 3 fixed, 5 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Go before 1.14.8 and 1.15.x before 1.15.1 allows XSS because text/html is the default for CGI/FCGI handlers that lack a Content-Type header.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03646 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Partial Red Hat: 3 advisoriesRed Hat: 3 fixed, 5 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 5

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.14.8; 1.15.0 to before 1.15.1VulnerableGo standard library
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*33VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*15.1VulnerableopenSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*15.2VulnerableopenSUSE
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_policy:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.0VulnerableOracle
  • cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.14.8; 1.15.0 to before 1.15.1 Vulnerable ·Go standard library
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 33 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.1 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.2 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_policy:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.0 Vulnerable ·Oracle

Remediation

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2021:0146 Released 2021-01-14 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Release of OpenShift Serverless 1.12.0
    • Openshift Serverless 1.12 openshift-serverless-1/client-kn-rhel8, openshift-serverless-1/eventing-apiserver-receive-adapter-rhel8, openshift-serverless-1/eventing-controller-rhel8 +23
  • RHSA-2021:0145 Released 2021-01-14 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat OpenShift Serverless Client kn 1.12.0
    • Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.0 openshift-serverless-clients-0.18.4-2.el8
  • RHSA-2020:5493 Released 2020-12-15 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    go-toolset:rhel8 security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) delve-1.4.1-1.module+el8.3.0+7840+63dfb1ed.src::go-toolset:rhel8, delve-1.4.1-1.module+el8.3.0+7840+63dfb1ed.x86_64::go-toolset:rhel8, go-toolset-1.14.12-1.module+el8.3.0+8784+380394dc.aarch64::go-toolset:rhel8 +18

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
OpenShift ServerlessAffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Ceph Storage 2AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Ceph Storage 3AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Storage 3AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Openshift Serverless 1.12Fixed RHSA-2021:0146
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2020:5493
Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.0Fixed RHSA-2021:0145
Not affected: 11 products
  • Distributed Tracing Jaeger 1
  • OpenShift Service Mesh 1
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 2
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 3
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 4
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
  • Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 1
  • Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 2
  • Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4
  • Red Hat Storage 3

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-24553
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pfr3-j9r8-5229

References

Exploit 3

Patch 2

Advisory 4

Other 1

Sources

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