CVE-2026-10618
Hugo 0.93.0 through 0.165.0 Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Unescaped Code-Fence Attribute Values
Hugo's default fenced-code-block renderer writes attribute values taken from the code-fence info string into the rendered HTML without escaping them. New in markup/internal/attributes/attributes.go converts every attribute value from a byte slice to a string as it is stored, deliberately dropping the escaping that used to happen there, and RenderAttributes in the same file escapes only values that are still byte slices, so its escaping branch is never reached and every value is written verbatim. The function's documentation states that it performs HTML escaping of string attributes, which it does not. A quote inside an attribute value in the info string therefore terminates the attribute and allows a further attribute, including an event handler, to be placed on the wrapper element, and the script runs for every visitor who loads the page. This path is reached under the default configuration, with code fences enabled and without goldmark's unsafe setting or any custom render hook. Attribute names beginning with on are filtered when the attributes are parsed, so injection is achieved through the value rather than the name.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Active
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
4.8
Hugo 0.93.0 through 0.165.0 Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Unescaped Code-Fence Attribute Values
Hugo's default fenced-code-block renderer writes attribute values taken from the code-fence info string into the rendered HTML without escaping them. New in markup/internal/attributes/attributes.go converts every attribute value from a byte slice to a string as it is stored, deliberately dropping the escaping that used to happen there, and RenderAttributes in the same file escapes only values that are still byte slices, so its escaping branch is never reached and every value is written verbatim. The function's documentation states that it performs HTML escaping of string attributes, which it does not. A quote inside an attribute value in the info string therefore terminates the attribute and allows a further attribute, including an event handler, to be placed on the wrapper element, and the script runs for every visitor who loads the page. This path is reached under the default configuration, with code fences enabled and without goldmark's unsafe setting or any custom render hook. Attribute names beginning with on are filtered when the attributes are parsed, so injection is achieved through the value rather than the name.
- Record
CVE-2026-10618- CVSS 4.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-64776
4.8
Hugo's default fenced-code-block renderer writes attribute values taken from the code-fence info string into the rendered HTML without escaping them. New in markup/internal/attributes/attributes.go converts every attribute value from a byte slice to a string as it is stored, deliberately dropping the escaping that used to happen there, and RenderAttributes in the same file escapes only values that are still byte slices, so its escaping branch is never reached and every value is written verbatim. The function's documentation states that it performs HTML escaping of string attributes, which it does not. A quote inside an attribute value in the info string therefore terminates the attribute and allows a further attribute, including an event handler, to be placed on the wrapper element, and the script runs for every visitor who loads the page. This path is reached under the default configuration, with code fences enabled and without goldmark's unsafe setting or any custom render hook. Attribute names beginning with on are filtered when the attributes are parsed, so injection is achieved through the value rather than the name.
- Record
EUVD-2026-64776- CVSS 4.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2gp4-jcxx-7hpr
4.8
Hugo's default fenced-code-block renderer writes attribute values taken from the code-fence info...
Hugo's default fenced-code-block renderer writes attribute values taken from the code-fence info string into the rendered HTML without escaping them. New in markup/internal/attributes/attributes.go converts every attribute value from a byte slice to a string as it is stored, deliberately dropping the escaping that used to happen there, and RenderAttributes in the same file escapes only values that are still byte slices, so its escaping branch is never reached and every value is written verbatim. The function's documentation states that it performs HTML escaping of string attributes, which it does not. A quote inside an attribute value in the info string therefore terminates the attribute and allows a further attribute, including an event handler, to be placed on the wrapper element, and the script runs for every visitor who loads the page. This path is reached under the default configuration, with code fences enabled and without goldmark's unsafe setting or any custom render hook. Attribute names beginning with on are filtered when the attributes are parsed, so injection is achieved through the value rather than the name.
- Record
GHSA-2gp4-jcxx-7hpr- CVSS 4.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/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 - CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
4.8
Hugo's default fenced-code-block renderer writes attribute values taken from the code-fence info string into the rendered HTML without escaping them. New in markup/internal/attributes/attributes.go converts every attribute value from a byte slice to a string as it is stored, deliberately dropping the escaping that used to happen there, and RenderAttributes in the same file escapes only values that are still byte slices, so its escaping branch is never reached and every value is written verbatim. The function's documentation states that it performs HTML escaping of string attributes, which it does not. A quote inside an attribute value in the info string therefore terminates the attribute and allows a further attribute, including an event handler, to be placed on the wrapper element, and the script runs for every visitor who loads the page. This path is reached under the default configuration, with code fences enabled and without goldmark's unsafe setting or any custom render hook. Attribute names beginning with on are filtered when the attributes are parsed, so injection is achieved through the value rather than the name.
- Record
CVE-2026-10618- CVSS 4.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/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 - CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
4.8
Hugo 0.93.0 through 0.165.0 Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Unescaped Code-Fence Attribute Values
Hugo's default fenced-code-block renderer writes attribute values taken from the code-fence info string into the rendered HTML without escaping them. New in markup/internal/attributes/attributes.go converts every attribute value from a byte slice to a string as it is stored, deliberately dropping the escaping that used to happen there, and RenderAttributes in the same file escapes only values that are still byte slices, so its escaping branch is never reached and every value is written verbatim. The function's documentation states that it performs HTML escaping of string attributes, which it does not. A quote inside an attribute value in the info string therefore terminates the attribute and allows a further attribute, including an event handler, to be placed on the wrapper element, and the script runs for every visitor who loads the page. This path is reached under the default configuration, with code fences enabled and without goldmark's unsafe setting or any custom render hook. Attribute names beginning with on are filtered when the attributes are parsed, so injection is achieved through the value rather than the name.
- Record
CVE-2026-10618- CVSS 4.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-10618
4.8
Hugo's default fenced-code-block renderer writes attribute values taken from the code-fence info string into the rendered HTML without escaping them. New in markup/internal/attributes/attributes.go converts every attribute value from a byte slice to a string as it is stored, deliberately dropping the escaping that used to happen there, and RenderAttributes in the same file escapes only values that are still byte slices, so its escaping branch is never reached and every value is written verbatim. The function's documentation states that it performs HTML escaping of string attributes, which it does not. A quote inside an attribute value in the info string therefore terminates the attribute and allows a further attribute, including an event handler, to be placed on the wrapper element, and the script runs for every visitor who loads the page. This path is reached under the default configuration, with code fences enabled and without goldmark's unsafe setting or any custom render hook. Attribute names beginning with on are filtered when the attributes are parsed, so injection is achieved through the value rather than the name.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-10618- CVSS 4.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/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
OSVRHSA-2026:66266
7.4
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- Record
RHSA-2026:66266- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-10618
4.8
Hugo's default fenced-code-block renderer writes attribute values taken from the code-fence info string into the rendered HTML without escaping them. New in markup/internal/attributes/attributes.go converts every attribute value from a byte slice to a string as it is stored, deliberately dropping the escaping that used to happen there, and RenderAttributes in the same file escapes only values that are still byte slices, so its escaping branch is never reached and every value is written verbatim. The function's documentation states that it performs HTML escaping of string attributes, which it does not. A quote inside an attribute value in the info string therefore terminates the attribute and allows a further attribute, including an event handler, to be placed on the wrapper element, and the script runs for every visitor who loads the page. This path is reached under the default configuration, with code fences enabled and without goldmark's unsafe setting or any custom render hook. Attribute names beginning with on are filtered when the attributes are parsed, so injection is achieved through the value rather than the name.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-10618- CVSS 4.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
hugoDebian:12 |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.111.3-10.112.7-10.113.0-10.113.0-20.113.0-3 Show 45 moreShow less0.114.1-10.114.1-20.115.4-10.116.1-10.117.0-10.118.2-10.119.0-10.119.0-20.120.3-10.120.4-10.121.1-10.121.2-10.122.0-10.123.3-10.123.7-10.123.8-10.123.8-20.124.1-10.125.4-10.125.5-10.125.6-10.125.7-10.126.1-10.126.2-10.126.3-10.127.0-10.128.2-10.128.2-20.129.0-10.129.0-20.130.0-10.130.0-20.131.0-10.131.0-20.150.0-10.150.1-10.151.0-10.151.1-10.151.2-10.152.1-10.152.2-10.153.0-10.153.1-10.153.1-20.153.1-3 |
None known |
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 0.166.0-1, plus listed versions 0.131.0-10.131.0-20.150.0-10.150.1-10.151.0-1 Show 41 moreShow less0.151.1-10.151.2-10.152.1-10.152.2-10.153.0-10.153.1-10.153.1-20.153.1-30.153.2-10.154.1-10.154.2-10.154.2-20.154.3-10.154.5-10.155.1-10.155.2-10.155.3-10.157.0-10.157.0-20.157.0-30.158.0-10.158.0-20.158.0-30.159.0-10.159.1-10.159.2-10.160.0-10.160.0-20.160.1-10.161.0-10.161.1-10.162.1-10.162.1-20.162.1-30.162.1-40.162.1-50.162.1-60.162.1-70.165.0-10.165.0-20.165.0-3 |
0.166.0-1 |
hugoRed Hat:hummingbird:1 From an advisory covering 9 CVEs |
before 0:0.166.0-0.1.hum1 | 0:0.166.0-0.1.hum1 |
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 |
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: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 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-10618 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Gohugo Hugo, published August 24, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.30%, the 23rd percentile. Fixed in hugo 0.166.0-1.
References
github.com/gohugoio/hugo
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/blob/v0.165.0/markup/internal/attributes/attributes.go
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/blob/v0.165.0/markup/goldmark/codeblocks/render.go
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/blob/v0.165.0/markup/highlight/highlight.go
vulncheck.com/advisories/hugo-through-stored-cross-site-scripting-via-unescaped-code-fence-attribute-values
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-10618
Show 60 moreShow less
github.com/advisories/GHSA-2gp4-jcxx-7hpr
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/10xxx/CVE-2026-10618.json
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-10618
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66266
images.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-10618
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-10582
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44301
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-33812
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-100693
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-100690
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-100694
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-100692
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-100691
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_66266.json
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2521803
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-10582
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-10582
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/blob/v0.165.0/config/security/securityConfig.go
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/blob/v0.165.0/resources/resource_factories/create/create.go
vulncheck.com/advisories/hugo-through-server-side-request-forgery-via-security-http-urls-lacking-destination-address-validation
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2521802
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-10618
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460227
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-33812
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33812
go.dev/cl/761180
go.dev/issue/78382
pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-4962
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2476862
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44301
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44301
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/security/advisories/GHSA-x597-9fr4-5857
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2541815
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-100690
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-100690
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/security/advisories/GHSA-x3mx-cm49-8m9c
vulncheck.com/advisories/hugo-0.161.0-to-0.165.0-arbitrary-file-read-via-symlinks
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2541895
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-100691
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-100691
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/security/advisories/GHSA-q4xf-287f-98r8
vulncheck.com/advisories/hugo-before-0.166.0-stored-xss-via-lineanchors-code-block-option
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2541910
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-100692
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-100692
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/security/advisories/GHSA-797m-7j5g-3rpr
vulncheck.com/advisories/hugo-before-0.166.0-path-traversal-via-symlinked-mount-roots
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2541830
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-100693
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-100693
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/security/advisories/GHSA-pmrv-x7gp-2rjw
vulncheck.com/advisories/hugo-0.162.0-before-0.166.0-ip-literal-deny-rule-bypass
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2541804
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-100694
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-100694
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/security/advisories/GHSA-pq74-mj4h-cjq2
vulncheck.com/advisories/hugo-before-0.166.0-cross-site-scripting-via-text-org
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-10618
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