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CVE-2018-8768

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-8768 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Jupyter Notebook versions prior to 5.4.1, where a specially crafted notebook file can bypass sanitization to execute arbitrary JavaScript within the notebook's context. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) requires user interaction, as a victim must open the malicious notebook, but could lead to significant impacts including high confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jupyter:notebook:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0109 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: notebookFixed in: 5.4.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-6cwv-x26c-w2q4high

Jupyter Notebook file bypasses sanitization, executes JavaScript

Jul 12, 2018

References

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2018/03/15/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00033.html