What is CVE-2020-7711?

CVE-2020-7711 is a high-severity vulnerability in Goxmldsig Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-08-23.

How severe is CVE-2020-7711?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Goxmldsig Project

CVE-2020-7711

This affects all versions of package github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig. There is a crash on nil-pointer dereference caused by sending malformed XML signatures.

Published 2020-08-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.018 (77.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 77.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Goxmldsig Project
Github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMRUSSELLHAERINGGOXMLDSIG-608301 (Broken Link)
github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig/issues/48 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7711?: CVE-2020-7711 is a high-severity vulnerability in Goxmldsig Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-08-23.
How severe is CVE-2020-7711?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.