7.8

CVE-2018-8768: jupyter notebook

Modified
AliasesMGASA-2018-0182GHSA-6cwv-x26c-w2q4PYSEC-2018-57
Published 18-03-2018Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-8768 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in jupyter notebook. EPSS estimates a 1.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.00%
0%100%
Low · -0.07 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DLA-2432-1

Timeline

  1. 18-03-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

6 scores · 4 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.00%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

63%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.07 pp

From 1.07% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian2 products
  • ipython< 5.1.0-2
  • jupyter-notebook< 5.4.1-1
Jupyter1 product
Mageia1 product
  • jupyter-notebook< 4.2.0-1.1.mga6
PyPI1 product
  • notebook< 5.4.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • ipython< 2.4.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2

5 vendors · 6 products

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