x-net-html up to 0.44.x on Go infinite loop

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in x-net-html up to 0.44.x on Go. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation results in infinite loop. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-58190. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in x-net-html up to 0.44.x on Go. Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a infinite loop vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-835. The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

The html.Parse function in golang.org/x/net/html has an infinite parsing loop when processing certain inputs, which can lead to denial of service (DoS) if an attacker provides specially crafted HTML content.

The advisory is shared for download at groups.google.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-58190 since 08/27/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 298280 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-58190), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 0.45.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (298280) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-1618). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Splunk Splunk Enterprise

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• x-net-html

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• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9
• 0.10
• 0.11
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• 0.20
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• 0.25
• 0.26
• 0.27
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• 0.30
• 0.31
• 0.32
• 0.33
• 0.34
• 0.35
• 0.36
• 0.37
• 0.38
• 0.39
• 0.40
• 0.41
• 0.42
• 0.43
• 0.44

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