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CVE-2018-17143

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-17143 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the html package (x/net/html) in Go, specifically impacting Fedora and Golang distributions. The vulnerability arises from improper handling of a malformed HTML template tag, leading to a "panic: runtime error" during an html.Parse call. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it allows an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2018-09-17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:golang:net:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
28CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
29CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0277 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: golang.org/x/netFixed in: 0.0.0-20180921000356-2f5d2388922f
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) Operational ToolsFixed in: golang-googlecode-net
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage 3Fixed in: grafana

Vendor Advisories (2)

goGHSA-fcf9-6fv2-fc5vhigh

golang.org/x/net/html has Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

May 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2018-17143Moderate

golang-org-x-net-html: Runtime panic in html.Parse() via crafted html

Sep 26, 2018

References

github.com / golang/go/issues/27704
ExploitThird Party Advisory
go-review.googlesource.com / c/net/+/136575
PatchVendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LREEWY6KNLHRWFZ7OT4HVLMVVCGGUHON
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UKRCI7WIOCOCD3H7NXWRGIRABTQOZOBK