The html.Parse function in golang.org/x/net/html has quadratic parsing complexity when processing certain inputs, which can lead to denial of service (DoS) if an attacker provides specially crafted HTML content.
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-4440
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/jnQcOYpiR2c
Published: 2026-02-05
Updated: 2026-02-18
Named Vulnerability: GO-2026-4440Named Vulnerability: GHSA-w4gw-w5jq-g9jh
Base Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Severity: Medium
EPSS: 0.0057