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GHSA-rch3-82jr-f9w9

HighCVSS 8.4 / 10
Published Apr 30, 2026·Last modified May 11, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact

A stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Jupyter Notebook allows attackers to steal authentication tokens from users who open malicious notebook files and interact with elements that the attacker can make look indistinguishable from legitimate controls (single click interaction).

The vulnerability enables complete account takeover through the Jupyter REST API, allowing the attacker to:

  1. Read all files
  2. Modify/create files
  3. Access running kernels and execute arbitrary code
  4. Create terminals for shell access

Patches

Jupyter Notebook 7.5.6 and JupyterLab 4.5.7 include patches for this vulnerability.

Workarounds

The help extension can be disabled via CLI:

jupyter labextension disable @jupyter-notebook/help-extension
jupyter labextension disable @jupyterlab/help-extension

Hardening

The patched versions include a toggle to disable the command linker functionality altogether, for example via overrides.json:

{
  "@jupyterlab/apputils-extension:sanitizer": {
    "allowCommandLinker": false
  }
}

Resources

  • https://jupyterlab.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/commands.html#commands-in-markdown-output-and-files

Acknowledgments

Reported by Daniel Teixeira - NVIDIA AI Red Team

Risk Scores
Base Score
8.4

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 high-level or administrative privileges.

Threat Intelligence
5.7

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

EPSS
0.48%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in 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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