Golang: stdlib: security update to 1.19.9stdlib: security update to 1.20.4

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 428528

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- 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. (CVE-2023-24539)

See Also

https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2023-1751

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 428528

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: Golang

Published: 7/21/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.8

Percentile: 57.08

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-24539

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/4/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-24539