modules:
  - module: std
    versions:
      - fixed: 1.17.12
      - introduced: 1.18.0-0
        fixed: 1.18.4
    vulnerable_at: 1.18.3
    packages:
      - package: encoding/xml
        symbols:
          - Decoder.Skip
summary: 'TODO(https://go.dev/issue/56443): fill in summary field'
description: |
    Calling Decoder.Skip when parsing a deeply nested XML document can cause a
    panic due to stack exhaustion.
published: 2022-07-20T17:02:04Z
credits:
  - Go Security Team
  - Juho Nurminen of Mattermost
references:
  - fix: https://go.dev/cl/417062
  - fix: https://go.googlesource.com/go/+/08c46ed43d80bbb67cb904944ea3417989be4af3
  - report: https://go.dev/issue/53614
  - web: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/nqrv9fbR0zE
cve_metadata:
    id: CVE-2022-28131
    cwe: 'CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion'
    description: |
        Uncontrolled recursion in Decoder.Skip in encoding/xml before Go
        1.17.12 and Go 1.18.4 allows an attacker to cause a panic due to
        stack exhaustion via a deeply nested XML document.