Jupyter Notebook and JupyterLab token theft via stored XSS in help command linker (jupyter notebook)

CVE-2026-40171
HIGH 8.4

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.48 % · percentile 41 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
GitHub_M
NVD status
Awaiting Analysis

Description

In Jupyter Notebook versions 7.0.0 through 7.5.5, JupyterLab versions 4.5.6 and earlier, and the corresponding @jupyter-notebook/help-extension and @jupyterlab/help-extension packages before 7.5.6 and 4.5.7, a stored cross-site scripting issue in the help command linker can be chained with attacker-controlled notebook content to steal authentication tokens with a single click. An attacker can craft a malicious notebook file containing elements that appear indistinguishable from legitimate controls and trigger execution when a user interacts with them. Successful exploitation allows theft of the user's authentication token and complete takeover of the Jupyter session through the REST API, including reading files, creating or modifying files, accessing kernels to execute arbitrary code, and creating terminals for shell access. This issue has been fixed in Notebook 7.5.6, JupyterLab 4.5.7, @jupyter-notebook/help-extension 7.5.6, and @jupyterlab/help-extension 4.5.7. As a workaround, disable the affected help extensions or set allowCommandLinker to false in the sanitizer configuration.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-79 — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NGitHub_M
CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XNVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)

Advisories

European references

Affected products

ProductVersions
jupyter · notebookaffected >=7.0.0, <= 7.5.5
jupyterlab · help-extensionaffected <=4.5.6
jupyterlab · jupyterlabaffected <= 4.5.6
jupyter-notebook · help-extensionaffected >=7.0.0,<= 7.5.5

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD