CVE-2026-35166

Hugo does not properly escape some Markdown links

CVSS 5.3 MEDIUMEPSS 0.2%CWE-79

Vexday Risk Score

13Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 5.3EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

06 Apr 2026Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

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 · hugo

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References

https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/security/advisories/GHSA-mcv8-8m8x-48pg