CVE-2026-35166
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Affected | — |
| sid | Fixed | 0.159.2-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 0.159.2-1 |
| bullseye | Affected | — |
| bookworm | Affected | — |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/gohugoio/hugo | >=0.60.0,<0.159.2 | 0.159.2 |
References
- https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/security/advisories/GHSA-mcv8-8m8x-48pg
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35166
- https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/479fe6c654937a850b65e74551dc4e857d52898f
- https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-35166
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-35166.html
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.