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.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| gohugoio | hugo | affected |
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| Source | ID | Title |
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 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
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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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 | |
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MITRE
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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