CVE-2026-35166Published

Hugo does not properly escape some Markdown links

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cve-program · CVE-2026-35166

Published

Hugo is a static site generator. From 0.60.0 to before 0.159.2, links and image links in the default markdown to HTML renderer are not properly escaped. Hugo users who trust their Markdown content or have custom render hooks for links and images are not affected. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.159.2.

Source published: 6 Apr 2026 17:37:05 UTC
Source modified: 6 Apr 2026 18:02:37 UTC
Observed here: 23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC
Source terms: CVE Program Terms of Use

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CVSS 4.0 · 5.3 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

nvd · CVE-2026-35166

Published

NVD analysis and CPE criteria are source context, not proof that a package or your environment is affected. Complete affected data, logical configurations and SSVC are retained in the original JSON.

Source analysis status: Analyzed

Weakness classifications: CWE-79

Original publisher date fields

published: 2026-04-06T18:16:43.060

lastModified: 2026-10-24T13:10:00.147

3 source CPE criteria · context only

cpe:2.3:a:gohugo:hugo:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gohugo:hugo:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gohugo:hugo:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

The original JSON retains the logical configuration operators, exclusions and version bounds.

Source published: 6 Apr 2026 18:16:43 UTC
Source modified: 24 Oct 2026 13:10:00 UTC
Observed here: 25 Oct 2026 08:17:35 UTC
Source terms: NIST NVD usage terms; underlying source attribution retained

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CVSS 4.0 · [email protected] · Secondary · 5.3 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

CVSS 3.1 · [email protected] · Primary · 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

osv · GHSA-mcv8-8m8x-48pg

Published

### Impact Links and image links in the default markdown to HTML renderer are not properly escaped. Hugo users who trust their Markdown content or have custom render hooks for links and images are not affected. ### Patches Patched in v0.159.2 ### Workarounds Create custom render hooks for links and images in a Hugo theme/project.

Source published: 3 Apr 2026 23:38:19 UTC
Source modified: 7 Jul 2026 20:41:32 UTC
Observed here: 24 Oct 2026 13:19:41 UTC
Source terms: GitHub Advisory Database · CC-BY-4.0

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CVSS_V4 · 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

Publisher rating · MODERATE

osv · GO-2026-5504

Published

Hugo: Certain markdown links are not properly escaped in github.com/gohugoio/hugo

Source published: 7 Jul 2026 16:52:19 UTC
Source modified: 7 Jul 2026 20:30:13 UTC
Observed here: 24 Oct 2026 13:19:41 UTC
Source terms: OSV · upstream source license applies

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