CVE-2018-8768
Jupyter Notebook file bypasses sanitization, executes JavaScript
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.11%
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-8768
To remediate CVE-2018-8768, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 5.1.0-2 or later
- —upgrade to 5.4.1-1 or later
- —upgrade to 5.4.1 or later
- —upgrade to 5.4.1 or later
Is CVE-2018-8768 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 5.1.0-2
- from 0, < 5.4.1-1
- from 0, < 5.4.1
- from 0, < 5.4.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |