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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-mcv8-8m8x-48pg Hugo: Certain markdown links are not properly escaped
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Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Hugo does not properly escape some Markdown links
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-06T18:02:37.432Z

Reserved: 2026-04-01T17:26:21.133Z

Link: CVE-2026-35166

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