CVE-2024-55601
Hugo does not escape some attributes in internal templates
Hugo is a static site generator. Starting in version 0.123.0 and prior to version 0.139.4, some HTML attributes in Markdown in the internal templates listed below not escaped in internal render hooks. Those whoa re impacted are Hugo users who do not trust their Markdown content files and are using one or more of these templates: _default/_markup/render-link.html from v0.123.0; _default/_markup/render-image.html from v0.123.0; _default/_markup/render-table.html from v0.134.0; and/or shortcodes/youtube.html from v0.125.0. This issue is patched in v0.139.4. As a workaround, one may replace an affected component with user defined templates or disable the internal templates.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Hugo does not escape some attributes in internal templates
Hugo is a static site generator. Starting in version 0.123.0 and prior to version 0.139.4, some HTML attributes in Markdown in the internal templates listed below not escaped in internal render hooks. Those whoa re impacted are Hugo users who do not trust their Markdown content files and are using one or more of these templates: _default/_markup/render-link.html from v0.123.0; _default/_markup/render-image.html from v0.123.0; _default/_markup/render-table.html from v0.134.0; and/or shortcodes/youtube.html from v0.125.0. This issue is patched in v0.139.4. As a workaround, one may replace an affected component with user defined templates or disable the internal templates.
- Record
CVE-2024-55601- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-3458
Hugo is a static site generator. Starting in version 0.123.0 and prior to version 0.139.4, some HTML attributes in Markdown in the internal templates listed below not escaped in internal render hooks. Those whoa re impacted are Hugo users who do not trust their Markdown content files and are using one or more of these templates: _default/_markup/render-link.html from v0.123.0; _default/_markup/render-image.html from v0.123.0; _default/_markup/render-table.html from v0.134.0; and/or shortcodes/youtube.html from v0.125.0. This issue is patched in v0.139.4. As a workaround, one may replace an affected component with user defined templates or disable the internal templates.
- Record
EUVD-2024-3458- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c2xf-9v2r-r2rx
Hugo does not escape some attributes in internal templates
Impact
Some HTML attributes in Markdown in the internal templates listed below not escaped. Impacted are Hugo users who do not trust their Markdown content files and are using one or more of these templates.
_default/_markup/render-link.htmlfromv0.123.0_default/_markup/render-image.htmlfromv0.123.0_default/_markup/render-table.htmlfromv0.134.0shortcodes/youtube.htmlfromv0.125.0
Patches
Patched in v0.139.4.
Workarounds
Replace with user defined templates or disable the internal templates: https://gohugo.io/getting-started/configuration-markup/#renderhooksimageenabledefault
References
- Record
GHSA-c2xf-9v2r-r2rx- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Hugo is a static site generator. Starting in version 0.123.0 and prior to version 0.139.4, some HTML attributes in Markdown in the internal templates listed below not escaped in internal render hooks. Those whoa re impacted are Hugo users who do not trust their Markdown content files and are using one or more of these templates: _default/_markup/render-link.html from v0.123.0; _default/_markup/render-image.html from v0.123.0; _default/_markup/render-table.html from v0.134.0; and/or shortcodes/youtube.html from v0.125.0. This issue is patched in v0.139.4. As a workaround, one may replace an affected component with user defined templates or disable the internal templates.
- Record
CVE-2024-55601- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2024-55601
Hugo is a static site generator. Starting in version 0.123.0 and prior to version 0.139.4, some HTML attributes in Markdown in the internal templates listed below not escaped in internal render hooks. Those whoa re impacted are Hugo users who do not trust their Markdown content files and are using one or more of these templates: _default/_markup/render-link.html from v0.123.0; _default/_markup/render-image.html from v0.123.0; _default/_markup/render-table.html from v0.134.0; and/or shortcodes/youtube.html from v0.125.0. This issue is patched in v0.139.4. As a workaround, one may replace an affected component with user defined templates or disable the internal templates.
- Record
ALPINE-CVE-2024-55601- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Updated
- 2026-11-03
OSV
Hugo does not escape some attributes in internal templates
Hugo is a static site generator. Starting in version 0.123.0 and prior to version 0.139.4, some HTML attributes in Markdown in the internal templates listed below not escaped in internal render hooks. Those whoa re impacted are Hugo users who do not trust their Markdown content files and are using one or more of these templates: _default/_markup/render-link.html from v0.123.0; _default/_markup/render-image.html from v0.123.0; _default/_markup/render-table.html from v0.134.0; and/or shortcodes/youtube.html from v0.125.0. This issue is patched in v0.139.4. As a workaround, one may replace an affected component with user defined templates or disable the internal templates.
- Record
CVE-2024-55601- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2024-55601
Hugo is a static site generator. Starting in version 0.123.0 and prior to version 0.139.4, some HTML attributes in Markdown in the internal templates listed below not escaped in internal render hooks. Those whoa re impacted are Hugo users who do not trust their Markdown content files and are using one or more of these templates: _default/_markup/render-link.html from v0.123.0; _default/_markup/render-image.html from v0.123.0; _default/_markup/render-table.html from v0.134.0; and/or shortcodes/youtube.html from v0.125.0. This issue is patched in v0.139.4. As a workaround, one may replace an affected component with user defined templates or disable the internal templates.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2024-55601- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-c2xf-9v2r-r2rx
Hugo does not escape some attributes in internal templates
Impact
Some HTML attributes in Markdown in the internal templates listed below not escaped. Impacted are Hugo users who do not trust their Markdown content files and are using one or more of these templates.
_default/_markup/render-link.htmlfromv0.123.0_default/_markup/render-image.htmlfromv0.123.0_default/_markup/render-table.htmlfromv0.134.0shortcodes/youtube.htmlfromv0.125.0
Patches
Patched in v0.139.4.
Workarounds
Replace with user defined templates or disable the internal templates: https://gohugo.io/getting-started/configuration-markup/#renderhooksimageenabledefault
References
- Record
GHSA-c2xf-9v2r-r2rx- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2024-55601
Hugo is a static site generator. Starting in version 0.123.0 and prior to version 0.139.4, some HTML attributes in Markdown in the internal templates listed below not escaped in internal render hooks. Those whoa re impacted are Hugo users who do not trust their Markdown content files and are using one or more of these templates: _default/_markup/render-link.html from v0.123.0; _default/_markup/render-image.html from v0.123.0; _default/_markup/render-table.html from v0.134.0; and/or shortcodes/youtube.html from v0.125.0. This issue is patched in v0.139.4. As a workaround, one may replace an affected component with user defined templates or disable the internal templates.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2024-55601- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGO-2024-3314 No score
Hugo does not escape some attributes in internal templates in github.com/gohugoio/hugo
Hugo does not escape some attributes in internal templates in github.com/gohugoio/hugo
- Record
GO-2024-3314- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:14599-1 No score
govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20241213T205935-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20241213T205935-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:14599-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
github.com/gohugoio/hugoGo |
0.123.0 up to 0.139.4 | 0.139.4 |
hugoAlpine:v3.22 |
before 0.140.1-r0 | 0.140.1-r0 |
hugoAlpine:v3.23 |
before 0.140.1-r0 | 0.140.1-r0 |
hugoAlpine:v3.24 |
before 0.140.1-r0 | 0.140.1-r0 |
hugoDebian:13 |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.131.0-10.131.0-20.150.0-10.150.1-10.151.0-1 Show 45 moreShow less0.151.1-10.151.2-10.152.1-10.152.2-10.153.0-10.153.1-10.153.1-20.153.1-30.153.2-10.154.1-10.154.2-10.154.2-20.154.3-10.154.5-10.155.1-10.155.2-10.155.3-10.157.0-10.157.0-20.157.0-30.158.0-10.158.0-20.158.0-30.159.0-10.159.1-10.159.2-10.160.0-10.160.0-20.160.1-10.161.0-10.161.1-10.162.1-10.162.1-20.162.1-30.162.1-40.162.1-50.162.1-60.162.1-70.165.0-10.165.0-20.165.0-30.166.0-10.166.0-20.167.0-10.167.0-2 |
None known |
hugoDebian:14 |
before 0.150.0-1, plus listed versions 0.131.0-10.131.0-2 |
0.150.0-1 |
hugoUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.15+git20160109.147.dd1d655-10.15+git20160109.147.dd1d655-20.15+git20160128.179.5def6d9-10.15+git20160206.203.ed23711-1 |
None known |
hugoUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.25.1-20.26-10.35-10.37.1-10.38-10.39-10.40-10.40.1-1 |
None known |
hugoUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.57.2-10.58.3-10.59.1-1.10.68.3-1 |
None known |
hugoUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.80.0-60.89.4-20.90.0-10.90.1-10.91.0-1 Show 5 moreShow less0.91.2-10.92.0-10.92.1-1build10.92.2-10.92.2-1ubuntu0.1 |
None known |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
hugoUbuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.113.0-30.119.0-20.120.3-10.120.4-10.121.2-1 Show 8 moreShow less0.122.0-10.123.7-1build10.123.7-1ubuntu0.10.123.7-1ubuntu0.20.123.7-1ubuntu0.2+esm10.123.7-1ubuntu0.30.123.7-1ubuntu0.3+esm10.123.7-1ubuntu0.3+esm2 |
None known |
hugoUbuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.131.0-1 |
None known |
hugoUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.154.5-10.162.1-50.162.1-7 |
None known |
hugoUbuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.131.0-10.152.2-10.153.1-30.153.2-10.154.2-20.154.3-10.154.5-1 |
None known |
govulncheck-vulndbopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 21 CVEs |
before 0.0.20241213T205935-1.1 | 0.0.20241213T205935-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| affected, aliases, references | OSV | |
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-55601 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Gohugoio Hugo, published December 9, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.60%, the 48th percentile. Fixed in github.com/gohugoio/hugo 0.139.4.
References
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/security/advisories/GHSA-c2xf-9v2r-r2rx
gohugo.io/getting-started/configuration-markup
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-55601
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security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-55601
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-55601
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-55601
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-55601
lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/QTUY324RV3FFZBHVIWDHRCIOPJHIJIN4
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10696
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