CVE-2023-24538

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2023-04-06. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 2%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

Templates do not properly consider backticks (`) as Javascript string delimiters, and do not escape them as expected. Backticks are used, since ES6, for JS template literals. If a template contains a Go template action within a Javascript template literal, the contents of the action can be used to terminate the literal, injecting arbitrary Javascript code into the Go template. As ES6 template literals are rather complex, and themselves can do string interpolation, the decision was made to simply disallow Go template actions from being used inside of them (e.g. "var a = {{.}}"), since there is no obviously safe way to allow this behavior. This takes the same approach as github.com/google/safehtml. With fix, Template.Parse returns an Error when it encounters templates like this, with an ErrorCode of value 12. This ErrorCode is currently unexported, but will be exported in the release of Go 1.21. Users who rely on the previous behavior can re-enable it using the GODEBUG flag jstmpllitinterp=1, with the caveat that backticks will now be escaped. This should be used with caution.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EG Risk
45(Track)
EG Risk 45/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation2% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
2%
EPSS %ILE
81%
KEV
Not listed

Published

April 6, 2023

Last Modified

February 12, 2025

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Jun 15, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Go: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202311-09) — Gentoo security

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-09
generic

GO-2023-1703 - Go Packages

https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2023-1703
generic
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/Xdv6JL9ENs8
generic

html/template: backticks not treated as string delimiters (CVE-2023-24538) · Issue #59234 · golang/go · GitHub

https://go.dev/issue/59234
generic
https://go.dev/cl/482079

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-24538(20)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(30)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatamq7/amq-broker-rhel8-operator-bundle:7.12.0-102024-05-21redhat
redhatrhceph/rhceph-5-dashboard-rhel8:5-832024-02-08redhat
redhatcontainer-tools:rhel8-8090020230825121312.e7857ab12023-11-14redhat
redhatcontainer-tools:4.0-8090020230828093056.e7857ab12023-11-14redhat
redhatbuildah-1:1.31.3-1.el92023-11-07redhat
redhatskopeo-2:1.13.3-1.el92023-11-07redhat
redhattoolbox-0:0.0.99.4-6.el9_32023-11-07redhat
redhatpodman-2:4.6.1-5.el92023-11-07redhat
redhatcontainernetworking-plugins-1:1.3.0-4.el92023-11-07redhat
redhatmigration-toolkit-virtualization/mtv-controller-rhel9:2.4.3-52023-10-25redhat
redhatcollectd-libpod-stats-0:1.0.4-5.el8ost2023-10-20redhat
redhatopenshift-secondary-scheduler-operator/secondary-scheduler-operator-rhel8:v1.1-302023-08-23redhat
redhatcontainer-native-virtualization/kubevirt-template-validator-rhel9:v4.13.3-62023-08-16redhat
redhatmta/mta-hub-rhel9:6.2.0-162023-08-14redhat
redhatjetstack-cert-manager-container-v1.10.2-182023-08-08redhat
redhatopenshift-clients-0:4.12.0-202307200611.p0.g49844f7.assembly.stream.el82023-08-03redhat
redhatopenshift-clients-0:4.13.0-202306230038.p0.ge4c9a6a.assembly.stream.el82023-07-20redhat
redhatskupper-cli-0:1.4.1-2.el92023-07-10redhat
redhatadvanced-cluster-security/rhacs-main-rhel8:4.1.0-132023-06-29redhat
redhatoadp/oadp-velero-rhel8:1.1.5-32023-06-29redhat
redhatconmon-3:2.1.7-2.1.rhaos4.13.el92023-06-23redhat
redhatrhmtc/openshift-velero-plugin-rhel8:v1.7.10-22023-06-15redhat
redhatmicroshift-0:4.13.3-202306081201.p0.g16708cc.assembly.4.13.3.el92023-06-13redhat
redhatopenshift-clients-0:4.13.0-202305312300.p0.g05d83ef.assembly.stream.el82023-06-13redhat
redhatopenshift4/ovirt-csi-driver-rhel8-operator:v4.13.0-202305262054.p0.g3e49f77.assembly.stream2023-06-07redhat
redhatskopeo-2:1.11.2-1.1.rhaos4.13.el92023-06-07redhat
redhatopenshift-serverless-clients-0:1.8.1-3.el82023-06-05redhat
redhatetcd-0:3.3.23-14.el8ost2023-06-05redhat
redhatopenshift-serverless-1-tech-preview/logic-data-index-ephemeral-rhel8:1.29.0-12023-06-05redhat
redhatgolang-0:1.19.9-2.el9_22023-05-25redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
stdlib—1.20.3—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(13)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2023-24538?
CVE-2023-24538 is a critical vulnerability published on April 6, 2023. Templates do not properly consider backticks (`) as Javascript string delimiters, and do not escape them as expected. Backticks are used, since ES6, for JS template literals. If a template contains a Go template action within a Javascript template literal, the contents of the action can be used to…
When was CVE-2023-24538 disclosed?
CVE-2023-24538 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 6, 2023, with the most recent update on February 12, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2023-24538 actively exploited?
CVE-2023-24538 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 18.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-24538?
CVE-2023-24538 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2023-24538?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2023-24538, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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