CVE-2020-7711
There is a crash on nil-pointer dereference caused by sending malformed XML signatures.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.80%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
This affects all versions of package github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig. There is a crash on nil-pointer dereference caused by sending malformed XML signatures.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.80% probability · 78th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- goxmldsig project/goxmldsig
- Source
- report@snyk.io
EPSS 1.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig/issues/48Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMRUSSELLHAERINGGOXMLDSIG-608301Broken Link
- https://github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig/issues/48Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMRUSSELLHAERINGGOXMLDSIG-608301Broken Link
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.