Name: CVE-2018-8768: Undefined Security Weakness
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2018-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2018-8768, CVSS 7.8, EPSS 0.0012

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 Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade ipythonUpgrade jupyter-notebook	Nov 9, 2020	Mar 18, 2018
Freebsd	—	Upgrade py27-notebookUpgrade py35-notebookUpgrade py34-notebookUpgrade py36-notebook	Dec 10, 2025	Mar 19, 2018
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade ipython3 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade ipython-notebook (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade ipython3-notebook (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade ipython (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade ipython-notebook-common (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade ipython3-qtconsole (Ubuntu Pro)	Mar 22, 2023	Mar 18, 2018

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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