golang: encoding/xml: infinite loop when using xml.NewTokenDecoder with a custom TokenReader

An infinite loop vulnerability was found in golang. If an application defines a custom token parser initializing with xml.NewTokenDecoder it is possible for the parsing loop to never return. An attacker could potentially craft a malicious XML document which has an XML element with EOF within it,...

golang: encoding/xml: infinite loop when using xml.NewTokenDecoder with a custom TokenReader

An infinite loop vulnerability was found in golang. If an application defines a custom token parser initializing with xml.NewTokenDecoder it is possible for the parsing loop to never return. An attacker could potentially craft a malicious XML document which has an XML element with EOF within it,...

AZL-79104 CVE-2021-27918 affecting package golang 1.26.7-1

encoding/xml in Go before 1.15.9 and 1.16.x before 1.16.1 has an infinite loop if a custom TokenReader for xml.NewTokenDecoder returns EOF in the middle of an element. This can occur in the Decode, DecodeElement, or Skip method...