CVE-2026-35166: medium-severity vulnerability in gohugoio hugo
Hugo does not properly escape some Markdown links
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13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 5.3epss 0.2%
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.
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
Affected products
gohugoio · hugoRelated CVEs — gohugoio hugo
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CVE-2020-26284HIGHHugo can execute a binary from the current directory on WindowsEPSS 1.5%CVE-2024-55601MEDIUMHugo does not escape some attributes in internal templatesEPSS 0.6%CVE-2026-89259CRITICALHugo before v0.165.0 Insufficient Permission Restriction via TailwindCSSEPSS 0.6%CVE-2024-32875MEDIUMHugo doesn't escape markdown title in internal render hooksEPSS 0.5%CVE-2026-58403MEDIUMHugo symlink confinement bypass in os.ReadFileEPSS 0.5%CVE-2026-89258CRITICALHugo before v0.165.0 Symlink Confinement Bypass via resources.GetEPSS 0.5%