{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2026-04-06T17:37:05Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "hugo: github.com/gohugoio/hugo: Hugo: Information disclosure and content manipulation via improper markdown link escaping",
    "id" : "2455512",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2455512"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "4.6",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-79",
  "details" : [ "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.", "A flaw was found in Hugo, a static site generator. This vulnerability arises from improper escaping of links and image links within the default markdown to HTML renderer. A remote attacker could exploit this by crafting malicious markdown content, potentially leading to information disclosure or content manipulation when processed by a user." ],
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Hardened Images",
    "release_date" : "2026-04-13T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:7848",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1",
    "package" : "hugo-main-0.160.1-2.hum1"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Build of Kueue",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kueue/kueue-must-gather-rhel9",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:kueue_operator:1"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Build of Kueue",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kueue/kueue-operator-bundle",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:kueue_operator:1"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Build of Kueue",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kueue/kueue-rhel9",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:kueue_operator:1"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Build of Kueue",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kueue/kueue-rhel9-operator",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:kueue_operator:1"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat OpenShift GitOps",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_gitops:1"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat OpenShift GitOps",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel9",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_gitops:1"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "rhoso-operators/openstack-operator-bundle",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:18.0"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-35166\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35166\nhttps://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/security/advisories/GHSA-mcv8-8m8x-48pg" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2026-35166",
  "mitigation" : {
    "value" : "To mitigate this issue, ensure that all markdown content processed by Hugo originates from trusted sources. Alternatively, implement custom render hooks for links and images within Hugo to ensure proper escaping, as this configuration prevents exploitation.",
    "lang" : "en:us"
  },
  "csaw" : false
}