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GHSA-q76j-gcg9-vxc6: Hugo: XSS via unescaped code-fence language in default code block renderer

June 19, 2026

Hugo’s default code-block renderer wrote the Markdown code-fence language / info-string into the <code class="language-…" data-lang="…"> wrapper without HTML escaping. A fence info-string containing a quote and a <script> payload breaks out of the attribute and injects a live script element.

This is not an issue if you fully trust every file under /content and every content adapter you load.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-q76j-gcg9-vxc6
  • github.com/gohugoio/hugo/security/advisories/GHSA-q76j-gcg9-vxc6

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 0.60.0 before 0.163.3

Fixed versions

  • 0.163.3

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.163.3 or above.

Impact 4.6 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

go/github.com/gohugoio/hugo/GHSA-q76j-gcg9-vxc6.yml

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