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TI-2023-10160 Aliases CVE-2023-24539GHSA-3q6h-q44p-xw88

Improper sanitization of CSS values in html/template

Priority LOW 34CWE-94Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · Low
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 23 fixed, 21 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-94.

Summary

Angle brackets (<>) are not considered dangerous characters when inserted into CSS contexts. Templates containing multiple actions separated by a '/' character can result in unexpectedly closing the CSS context and allowing for injection of unexpected HTML, if executed with untrusted input.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01037 64th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial html/template (Go standard library): 1.19.9, 1.20.4Red Hat: 30 advisoriesRed Hat: 23 fixed, 21 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Go standard libraryhtml/templatebefore 1.19.9; 1.20.0-0 to before 1.20.41.19.9, 1.20.4Patch availableCNA
  • html/template VendorGo standard library Affected before 1.19.9; 1.20.0-0 to before 1.20.4 Fixed in 1.19.9, 1.20.4 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.19.9; 1.20.0 to before 1.20.4VulnerableGo standard library
  • cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.19.9; 1.20.0 to before 1.20.4 Vulnerable ·Go standard library

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA html/template (Go standard library) Fixed in 1.19.9, 1.20.4

Red Hat 30 advisories

  • RHSA-2024:2944 Released 2024-05-21 · Red Hat rating Important
    AMQ Broker 7.12.0.OPR.1.GA Container Images release and security update
    • Middleware Containers for OpenShift amq7/amq-broker-init-rhel8, amq7/amq-broker-rhel8, amq7/amq-broker-rhel8-operator +1
  • RHSA-2023:6939 Released 2023-11-14 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    container-tools:rhel8 security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) aardvark-dns-2:1.7.0-1.module+el8.9.0+19244+655f84ee.aarch64::container-tools:rhel8, aardvark-dns-2:1.7.0-1.module+el8.9.0+19244+655f84ee.ppc64le::container-tools:rhel8, aardvark-dns-2:1.7.0-1.module+el8.9.0+19244+655f84ee.s390x::container-tools:rhel8 +47
  • RHSA-2023:6938 Released 2023-11-14 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    container-tools:4.0 security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) aardvark-dns-2:1.0.1-38.module+el8.9.0+19098+6e7a5e3f.aarch64::container-tools:4.0, aardvark-dns-2:1.0.1-38.module+el8.9.0+19098+6e7a5e3f.ppc64le::container-tools:4.0, aardvark-dns-2:1.0.1-38.module+el8.9.0+19098+6e7a5e3f.s390x::container-tools:4.0 +47
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  • RHSA-2023:6832 Released 2023-11-08 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.14.0 security, enhancement & bug fix update
    • RHODF 4.14 for RHEL 9 odf4/cephcsi-rhel9, odf4/mcg-cli-rhel9, odf4/mcg-core-rhel9 +12
  • RHSA-2023:6346 Released 2023-11-07 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    toolbox security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) toolbox-0.0.99.4-6.el9_3, toolbox-tests-0.0.99.4-6.el9_3
  • RHSA-2023:6402 Released 2023-11-07 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    containernetworking-plugins security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) containernetworking-plugins-1:1.3.0-4.el9
  • RHSA-2023:6474 Released 2023-11-07 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    podman security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) podman-2:4.6.1-5.el9, podman-docker-2:4.6.1-5.el9, podman-gvproxy-2:4.6.1-5.el9 +3
  • RHSA-2023:6473 Released 2023-11-07 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    buildah security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) buildah-1:1.31.3-1.el9, buildah-tests-1:1.31.3-1.el9
  • RHSA-2023:6363 Released 2023-11-07 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    skopeo security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) skopeo-2:1.13.3-1.el9, skopeo-tests-2:1.13.3-1.el9
  • RHSA-2023:5947 Released 2023-10-26 · Red Hat rating Important
    Run Once Duration Override Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.0.1 security update
    • RODOO 1.0 for RHEL 8 run-once-duration-override-operator/run-once-duration-override-rhel8
  • RHSA-2023:4657 Released 2023-08-23 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Secondary Scheduler Operator for Red Hat OpenShift 1.1.2 security update
    • OSSO 1.1 for RHEL 8 openshift-secondary-scheduler-operator/secondary-scheduler-operator-rhel8
  • RHSA-2023:4664 Released 2023-08-16 · Red Hat rating Important
    OpenShift Virtualization 4.13.3 Images security and bug fix update
    • CNV 4.13 for RHEL 9 container-native-virtualization/bridge-marker-rhel9, container-native-virtualization/cluster-network-addons-operator-rhel9, container-native-virtualization/cnv-containernetworking-plugins-rhel9 +43
  • RHSA-2023:4627 Released 2023-08-14 · Red Hat rating Important
    Migration Toolkit for Applications security and bug fix update
    • MTA 6.2 for RHEL 8 mta/mta-hub-rhel9, mta/mta-operator-bundle, mta/mta-ui-rhel9 +1
  • RHSA-2023:4459 Released 2023-08-08 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.13.8 packages and security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 cri-tools-1.26.0-3.el9
  • RHSA-2023:4472 Released 2023-08-03 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Release of OpenShift Serverless 1.29.1
    • Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.29 openshift-serverless-1-tech-preview/knative-client-plugin-event-sender-rhel8, openshift-serverless-1/client-kn-rhel8, openshift-serverless-1/eventing-apiserver-receive-adapter-rhel8 +33
  • RHSA-2023:4470 Released 2023-08-03 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.3 Product Security and Bug Fix Update
    • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.3 for RHEL 8 openshift-clients-4.12.0-202307200611.p0.g49844f7.assembly.stream.el8
  • RHSA-2023:4293 Released 2023-07-27 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Migration Toolkit for Containers (MTC) 1.7.11 security and bug fix update
    • 8Base-RHMTC-1.7 rhmtc/openshift-migration-controller-rhel8, rhmtc/openshift-migration-velero-plugin-for-aws-rhel8, rhmtc/openshift-migration-velero-plugin-for-gcp-rhel8 +3
  • RHSA-2023:4093 Released 2023-07-20 · Red Hat rating Important
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.13.5 security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 openshift-4.13.0-202307132344.p0.gf245ced.assembly.stream.el8, openshift-4.13.0-202307132344.p0.gf245ced.assembly.stream.el9, openshift-clients-4.13.0-202306230038.p0.ge4c9a6a.assembly.stream.el8 +5
  • RHSA-2023:4003 Released 2023-07-10 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat Service Interconnect 1.4 Release security update
    • Red Hat Service Interconnect skupper-cli-1.4.1-2.el8, skupper-router-2.4.1-2.el8, skupper-router-common-2.4.1-2.el8 +2
    • Red Hat Service Interconnect 1 skupper-cli-1.4.1-2.el9, skupper-router-2.4.1-2.el9, skupper-router-common-2.4.1-2.el9 +2
  • RHSA-2023:3918 Released 2023-06-29 · Red Hat rating Important
    OpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP) 1.1.5 security and bug fix update
    • 8Base-OADP-1.1 oadp/oadp-rhel8-operator, oadp/oadp-velero-plugin-rhel8, oadp/oadp-velero-rhel8
  • RHSA-2023:3905 Released 2023-06-28 · Red Hat rating Important
    Network observability 1.3.0 for Openshift
    • NETOBSERV 1.3 for RHEL 9 network-observability/network-observability-rhel9-operator
  • RHSA-2023:3540 Released 2023-06-13 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.13.3 bug fix and security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 microshift-4.13.3-202306081201.p0.g16708cc.assembly.4.13.3.el9, microshift-networking-4.13.3-202306081201.p0.g16708cc.assembly.4.13.3.el9, microshift-release-info-4.13.3-202306081201.p0.g16708cc.assembly.4.13.3.el9 +1
  • RHSA-2023:3366 Released 2023-06-07 · Red Hat rating Important
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.13.2 packages and security update
    • Ironic content for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 openstack-ironic-1:21.3.1-0.20230510075528.b3c902e.el9, openstack-ironic-api-1:21.3.1-0.20230510075528.b3c902e.el9, openstack-ironic-common-1:21.3.1-0.20230510075528.b3c902e.el9 +3
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 bpftool-7.0.0-284.16.1.el9_2, buildah-1:1.29.1-1.1.rhaos4.13.el9, buildah-tests-1:1.29.1-1.1.rhaos4.13.el9 +47
  • RHSA-2023:3367 Released 2023-06-07 · Red Hat rating Important
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.13.2 bug fix and security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 openshift4/cloud-network-config-controller-rhel8, openshift4/egress-router-cni-rhel8, openshift4/kubevirt-csi-driver-rhel8 +47
  • RHSA-2023:3445 Released 2023-06-05 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 (etcd) security update
    • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 etcd-3.3.23-14.el8ost
  • RHSA-2023:3435 Released 2023-06-05 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3.74 for Kubernetes security update
    • RHACS 3.74 for RHEL 8 advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-main-rhel8
  • RHSA-2023:3415 Released 2023-05-31 · Red Hat rating Important
    ACS 4.0 enhancement and security update
    • RHACS 4.0 for RHEL 8 advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-main-rhel8
  • RHSA-2023:3323 Released 2023-05-25 · Red Hat rating Important
    go-toolset-1.19 and go-toolset-1.19-golang security update
    • Red Hat Developer Tools for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) go-toolset-1.19-golang-1.19.9-1.el7_9, go-toolset-1.19-golang-bin-1.19.9-1.el7_9, go-toolset-1.19-golang-docs-1.19.9-1.el7_9 +4
    • Red Hat Developer Tools for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) go-toolset-1.19-golang-1.19.9-1.el7_9, go-toolset-1.19-golang-bin-1.19.9-1.el7_9, go-toolset-1.19-golang-docs-1.19.9-1.el7_9 +4
  • RHSA-2023:3319 Released 2023-05-25 · Red Hat rating Important
    go-toolset:rhel8 security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) delve-1.9.1-1.module+el8.8.0+16778+5fbb74f5.src::go-toolset:rhel8, delve-1.9.1-1.module+el8.8.0+16778+5fbb74f5.x86_64::go-toolset:rhel8, go-toolset-1.19.9-1.module+el8.8.0+18857+fca43658.aarch64::go-toolset:rhel8 +18
  • RHSA-2023:3318 Released 2023-05-25 · Red Hat rating Important
    go-toolset and golang security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) golang-1.19.9-2.el9_2, golang-bin-1.19.9-2.el9_2, golang-docs-1.19.9-2.el9_2 +4

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Go standard library html/template 1.19.9, 1.20.4

    3 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2023-10161 Improper handling of JavaScript whitespace in html/templatePriority MEDIUM 52
    • TI-2023-13780 Improper handling of empty HTML attributes in html/templatePriority LOW 34
    Show all 3 records →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Migration Toolkit for VirtualizationAffectedNo fix yet
OpenShift Developer Tools and ServicesAffectedNo fix yet
OpenShift PipelinesAffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat AMQ Broker 7AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Application Interconnect 1.0AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Ceph Storage 3AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Ceph Storage 5AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Data Science (RHODS)AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat OpenShift Dev SpacesAffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat OpenShift GitOpsAffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 2AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Openshift Sandboxed ContainersAffected—
Red Hat Storage 3AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Web TerminalAffectedNo fix yet
Self Node Remediation OperatorAffectedNo fix yet
8Base-MTV-2.4Fixed—
8Base-OADP-1.1Fixed RHSA-2023:3918
8Base-RHMTC-1.7Fixed RHSA-2023:4293
CNV 4.13 for RHEL 9Fixed RHSA-2023:4664
MTA 6.2 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2023:4627
Middleware Containers for OpenShiftFixed RHSA-2024:2944
NETOBSERV 1.3 for RHEL 9Fixed RHSA-2023:3905
OSSO 1.1 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2023:4657
Quay v3Fixed—
RHACS 3.74 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2023:3435
RHACS 4.0 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2023:3415
RHODF 4.14 for RHEL 9Fixed RHSA-2023:6832
RODOO 1.0 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2023:5947
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.3 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2023:4470
Red Hat Developer Tools for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2023:3323
Red Hat Developer Tools for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2023:3323
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2023:3319, RHSA-2023:6938, RHSA-2023:6939
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2023:3318, RHSA-2023:6346, RHSA-2023:6363, RHSA-2023:6402, RHSA-2023:6473, RHSA-2023:6474
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13Fixed RHSA-2023:3366, RHSA-2023:3367, RHSA-2023:3540, RHSA-2023:4093, RHSA-2023:4459
Red Hat OpenShift Serverless 1.29Fixed RHSA-2023:4472
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2Fixed RHSA-2023:3445
Red Hat Service InterconnectFixed RHSA-2023:4003
Red Hat Service Interconnect 1Fixed RHSA-2023:4003
Not affected: 26 products
  • 8Base-MTV-2.4
  • 8Base-OADP-1.1
  • 8Base-RHMTC-1.7
  • Custom Metric Autoscaler operator for Red Hat Openshift
  • Ironic content for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13
  • Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift
  • MTA 6.2 for RHEL 8
  • Middleware Containers for OpenShift
  • NETOBSERV 1.3 for RHEL 9
  • OSSO 1.1 for RHEL 8
  • OpenShift Service Mesh 2
  • RHACS 3.74 for RHEL 8
  • RHACS 4.0 for RHEL 8
  • RHODF 4.14 for RHEL 9
  • RODOO 1.0 for RHEL 8
  • Red Hat Developer Tools for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Developer Tools for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2
  • Red Hat Satellite 6
  • Red Hat Service Interconnect
  • Red Hat Service Interconnect 1

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-24539
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3q6h-q44p-xw88

References

Patch 2

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2020-00578 Improper certificate validation in Microsoft Windows KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2018-05208 The "go get" implementation in Go 1.9.4, when the -insecure command-line option is used… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2018-12083 Improper input validation in [UNKNOWN] golang CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2024-16306 Mishandling of corrupt central directory record in archive/zip CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2021-15910 Go before 1.16.9 and 1.17.x before 1.17.2 has a Buffer Overflow via large arguments in a… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
See all 170 →

Sources

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