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Medium · 6.1 CVE-2026-100694 EUVD-2026-87667GHSA-98xc-jpvp-56pj

Hugo before 0.166.0 Cross-Site Scripting via text/org

Published Sep 26, 2026 · Updated Sep 30, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

Hugo is a static site generator. In versions from v0.56.0 through v0.165.x, content files mapped to the text/org media type are rendered without escaping raw HTML: Org export blocks and @@html:...@@ snippets pass HTML through unescaped, resulting in cross-site scripting (XSS) in the generated site. An attacker who can supply or influence a content file under /content or the output of a content adapter can inject scripts that execute in the browsers of visitors to the affected pages. Only pages whose source file or content-adapter output declares the text/org media type are affected, and sites that fully trust all content sources are not impacted. Version v0.166.0 fixes the issue by introducing a security.allowContent allowlist that denies text/org by default; sites that intentionally author Org Mode content can opt back in with [security] allowContent = ['.*'].

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
gohugoio hugo 0.56.0 – < 0.166.0 0.166.0

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 hugo 0.166.0-1 —
Debian 13 hugo No fix yet —
Debian 12 hugo No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 hugo No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS hugo No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS hugo No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS hugo No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS hugo No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS hugo No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS hugo No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 hugo 0.166.0-0.1.hum1 RHSA-2026:66266

Advisories 1

References