CVE-2021-32798
mediumpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.021 · 82 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The Jupyter notebook is a web-based notebook environment for interactive computing. In affected versions untrusted notebook can execute code on load. Jupyter Notebook uses a deprecated version of Google Caja to sanitize user inputs. A public Caja bypass can be used to trigger an XSS when a victim opens a malicious ipynb document in Jupyter Notebook. The XSS allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the victim computer using Jupyter APIs.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.8–10
weaknesses
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affected products (16)
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advisories (4)
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- GHSA-hwvq-6gjx-j797Special Element Injection in notebook2021-08-23ghsa · osvUS
### Impact Untrusted notebook can execute code on load. This is a remote code execution, but requires user action to open a notebook. ### Patches 5.7.11, 6.4.1 ### References [OWASP Page on Injection Prevention](https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Injection_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html#injection-prevention-rules) ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, or vulnerabilities to report, please email our security list security@ipython.org. Credit: Guillaume Jeanne from Google ### Example: A notebook with the following content in a cell and it would display an alert when opened for the first time in Notebook (in an untrusted state): ``` { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 0, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "data": { "text/html": [ "<select><iframe></select><img src=x: onerror=alert('xss')>\n"], "text/plain": [] }, "metadata": {}, "output_type": "display_data" } ], "source": [ "" ] } ````
- BIT-jupyter-base-notebook-2021-32798Failure to Sanitize Special Elements into a Different Plane (Special Element Injection) in notebook2024-03-06vendor · osvUS
The Jupyter notebook is a web-based notebook environment for interactive computing. In affected versions untrusted notebook can execute code on load. Jupyter Notebook uses a deprecated version of Google Caja to sanitize user inputs. A public Caja bypass can be used to trigger an XSS when a victim opens a malicious ipynb document in Jupyter Notebook. The XSS allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the victim computer using Jupyter APIs.
- BIT-jupyter-notebook-2021-32798Failure to Sanitize Special Elements into a Different Plane (Special Element Injection) in notebook2024-03-06vendor · osvUS
The Jupyter notebook is a web-based notebook environment for interactive computing. In affected versions untrusted notebook can execute code on load. Jupyter Notebook uses a deprecated version of Google Caja to sanitize user inputs. A public Caja bypass can be used to trigger an XSS when a victim opens a malicious ipynb document in Jupyter Notebook. The XSS allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the victim computer using Jupyter APIs.
- PYSEC-2021-1182021-08-09vendor · osvUS
The Jupyter notebook is a web-based notebook environment for interactive computing. In affected versions untrusted notebook can execute code on load. Jupyter Notebook uses a deprecated version of Google Caja to sanitize user inputs. A public Caja bypass can be used to trigger an XSS when a victim opens a malicious ipynb document in Jupyter Notebook. The XSS allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the victim computer using Jupyter APIs.
also known as (9)
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- CNNVD-202108-823cnnvd
- EUVD-2021-0149enisa_euvd
- BDU:2022-01679fstec_bdu
- GHSA-hwvq-6gjx-j797enisa_euvd
- PYSEC-2021-118enisa_euvd
- BIT-jupyter-base-notebook-2021-32798osv
- BIT-jupyter-notebook-2021-32798osv
- GHSA-hwvq-6gjx-j797osv
- PYSEC-2021-118osv
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references (7)
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- https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/commit/79fc76e890a8ec42f73a3d009e44ef84c14ef0d5cnnvd
- https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/security/advisories/GHSA-hwvq-6gjx-j797cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Jupyter-Notebook-Cross-Site-Scripting-via-Public-Caja-Bypass-45009cnnvd
- https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/commit/79fc76e890a8ec42f73a3d009e44ef84c14ef0d5enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/security/advisories/GHSA-hwvq-6gjx-j797enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/commit/79fc76e890a8ec42f73a3d009e44ef84c14ef0d5ExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/security/advisories/GHSA-hwvq-6gjx-j797Third Party Advisorynvd
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