3 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/html/template/escape.go b/src/html/template/escape.go
index 4ba1d6b318..a62ef159f0 100644
--- a/src/html/template/escape.go
+++ b/src/html/template/escape.go
@@ -382,9 +382,8 @@ func normalizeEscFn(e string) string {
 // for all x.
 var redundantFuncs = map[string]map[string]bool{
 	"_html_template_commentescaper": {
-		"_html_template_attrescaper":    true,
-		"_html_template_nospaceescaper": true,
-		"_html_template_htmlescaper":    true,
+		"_html_template_attrescaper": true,
+		"_html_template_htmlescaper": true,
 	},
 	"_html_template_cssescaper": {
 		"_html_template_attrescaper": true,
diff --git a/src/html/template/escape_test.go b/src/html/template/escape_test.go
index 3dd212bac9..f8b2b448f2 100644
--- a/src/html/template/escape_test.go
+++ b/src/html/template/escape_test.go
@@ -678,6 +678,21 @@ func TestEscape(t *testing.T) {
 			`<img srcset={{",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"}}>`,
 			`<img srcset=,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,>`,
 		},
+		{
+			"unquoted empty attribute value (plaintext)",
+			"<p name={{.U}}>",
+			"<p name=ZgotmplZ>",
+		},
+		{
+			"unquoted empty attribute value (url)",
+			"<p href={{.U}}>",
+			"<p href=ZgotmplZ>",
+		},
+		{
+			"quoted empty attribute value",
+			"<p name=\"{{.U}}\">",
+			"<p name=\"\">",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
diff --git a/src/html/template/html.go b/src/html/template/html.go
index bcca0b51a0..a181699a5b 100644
--- a/src/html/template/html.go
+++ b/src/html/template/html.go
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ import (
 // htmlNospaceEscaper escapes for inclusion in unquoted attribute values.
 func htmlNospaceEscaper(args ...any) string {
 	s, t := stringify(args...)
+	if s == "" {
+		return filterFailsafe
+	}
 	if t == contentTypeHTML {
 		return htmlReplacer(stripTags(s), htmlNospaceNormReplacementTable, false)
 	}