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high 8.1

GHSA-gj55-2xf9-67rq json

HTML injection in JupyterLite leading to DOM Clobbering

published 2y ago modified last yr.

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, GitHub
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
—
no score, EPSS covers CVEs only
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

### Impact

The vulnerability depends on user interaction by opening a malicious notebook with Markdown cells, or Markdown file using JupyterLab preview feature.

A malicious user can access any data accessible from JupyterLite and perform arbitrary actions in JupyterLite environment.

### Patches

JupyterLite 0.4.1 was patched.

### Workarounds

There is no workaround for the underlying DOM Clobbering susceptibility. However, select plugins can be disabled on deployments which cannot update in a timely fashion to minimise the risk. These are: - `@jupyterlab/mathjax-extension:plugin` - users will loose ability to preview mathematical equations - `@jupyterlab/markdownviewer-extension:plugin` - users will loose ability to open Markdown previews - `@jupyterlab/mathjax2-extension:plugin` (if installed with optional `jupyterlab-mathjax2` package) - an older version of the mathjax plugin for JupyterLab 4.x

To disable these extensions populate the `disabledExtensions` key in `jupyter-config-data` stanza of `jupyter-lite.json` as documented on https://jupyterlite.readthedocs.io/en/stable/howto/configure/config_files.html#jupyter-lite-json

```json { "jupyter-lite-schema-version": 0, "jupyter-config-data": { "appName": "My JupyterLite App", "disabledExtensions": [ "@jupyterlab/markdownviewer-extension:plugin", "@jupyterlab/mathjax-extension:plugin", "@jupyterlab/mathjax2-extension:plugin" ] } } ```

To confirm that the plugins were disabled manual inspection of the built page is required.

### References

Upstream advisory: https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab/security/advisories/GHSA-9q39-rmj3-p4r2

### Notes

This change has a potential to break rendering of some markdown. There is a setting in Sanitizer which allows to revert to the previous sanitizer settings (`allowNamedProperties`).

Patch / fix

  • pypi jupyterlite-core 0.4.1

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CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
GitHub 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi jupyterlite-core
<0.4.1
0.4.1

Classification

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

References

Sources

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