High severity · published Mar 18, 2018
CVE-2018-8768
In Jupyter Notebook before 5.4.1, a maliciously forged notebook file can bypass sanitization to execute JavaScript in the notebook context
7.8
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Jupyter Notebook before 5.4.1, a maliciously forged notebook file can bypass sanitization to execute JavaScript in the notebook context. Specifically, invalid HTML is 'fixed' by jQuery after sanitization, making it dangerous.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 63% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NO
Notebook · Jupyter
before 5.4.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8768
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8768
Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/03/15/2
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00033.html
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