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GHSA-6vxv-wg6j-5qwp

HighCVSS 8.5 / 10
Published Jun 19, 2026·Last modified Jun 19, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Summary

Gogs renders Jupyter notebook files (.ipynb) using jsvine/notebookjs, but the version is outdated, missing patches for known XSS vulnerabilities.

Details

Gogs uses version 0.4.2 of notebookjs to render Jupyter notebook files:

https://github.com/gogs/gogs/blob/7297aee50d4c115836c7de8a3a233daaef87b911/templates/base/head.tmpl#L47

The latest version of jsvine/notebookjs is 0.8.3, patching many XSS vulnerabilities in its releases. The proof of concept below shows an example working payload that renders HTML through Markdown.

PoC

  1. Create a new repository
  2. Create a file inside the repository named xss.ipynb and give it the following content:
{"cells": [{"cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": ["<img src=x onerror=\"alert(origin)\">"]}], "metadata": {}, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 2}
<img width="1054" height="208" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/49b7f33c-c4df-4537-99e9-b1ea74f2c6de" />
  1. Save the file and view the file in Gogs. Notice that the XSS popup triggers:
<img width="1317" height="407" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3b18d870-7194-41b0-92db-687e952abc07" />

Impact

Any user with rights to create repositories can create XSS payloads that take over the victim's account when visited. Either through their own exploration of the files or by directly linking them the vulnerable URL.

Risk Scores
Base Score
8.5

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs basic access or low-level privileges.

Threat Intelligence
6.0

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
N/A

Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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