In Jupyter Notebook before 5.4.1, a maliciously forged notebook file can bypass sanitization to execute JavaScript in the notebook context
Published Mar 18, 2018
8.4
HIGHCVSS 4.0
EPSS 1.07%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
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
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.07% (0.01072) | 63.68th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.07% (0.01072) | 63.41th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00070) | 30.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00070) | 30.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00070) | 28.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.62% (0.00624) | 17.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.62% (0.00624) | 0.00th | v1 |
No CWE recorded.
References (5)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/03/15/2 x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6cwv-x26c-w2q4 Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/notebook/PYSEC-2018-57.yaml
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00033.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8768
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/03/15/2 | x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6cwv-x26c-w2q4 | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/notebook/PYSEC-2018-57.yaml | ||
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00033.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8768 |
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