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CVE-2026-25681VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: osbuild-composer security update

Affects Red Hat osbuild-composerSource GCVE Database

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Mentioned vulnerabilities

Authoritative record:CVE-2026-25681· Medium 6.1

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.1 Medium : upgrade Red Hat html to 0.55.0 when convenient.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.1Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 12% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 0.55.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 22 May 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade golang.org/x/net/html to 0.55.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
golang.org/x/netgolang.org/x/net/htmlAffected
  • <0.55.0
Fixed in
  • 0.55.0
Gogolang.org/x/net/htmlpkg:golang/golang.org/x/net/htmlOther threatsAffected
  • =0
Fixed in–
Gogolang.org/x/net/htmlpkg:golang/golang.org/x/net/htmlOther threatsAffected
  • <0.55.0
Fixed in
  • 0.55.0

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Description

A service for building customized OS artifacts, such as VM images and OSTree commits, that uses osbuild under the hood. Besides building images for local usage, it can also upload images directly to cloud. It is compatible with composer-cli and cockpit-composer clients. Security Fix(es): * golang.org/x/net/html: golang: golang.org/x/net/html: Cross-Site Scripting via HTML parsing bypass (CVE-2026-27136) * golang.org/x/net/html: golang.org/x/net/html: Arbitrary code execution via Cross-Site Scripting (CVE-2026-25681) * golang.org/x/net/html: golang: golang.org/x/net/html: Cross-Site Scripting via unexpected HTML tree rendering (CVE-2026-42502) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

References

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