UBUNTU-CVE-2018-8768
Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
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Published: 18 Mar 2018, 06:29
Last modified:04 Feb 2026, 02:25
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100 CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
3.0 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
18 Mar 2018, 06:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Feb 2026, 02:25
Last Modified
Vulnerability 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
- v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Systems
- ubuntu•ipython
< 2.4.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
References (6)
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-8768
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/03/15/2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/03/15/2
- https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/commit/4e79ebb49acac722b37b03f1fe811e67590d3831
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4855-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8768