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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2026-39378 json

nbconvert has an Arbitrary File Read via Path Traversal in HTMLExporter Image Embedding

published 2026-04-21 6 mo ago modified 2026-10-26 13 d ago also EUVD-2026-24025 , GHSA-7jqv-fw35-gmx9 , PYSEC-2026-2230

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 23%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The nbconvert tool, jupyter nbconvert, converts Jupyter notebooks to various other formats via Jinja templates. In versions 6.5 through 7.17.0, when `HTMLExporter.embed_images=True`, nbconvert's markdown renderer allows arbitrary file read via path traversal in image references. A malicious notebook can exfiltrate sensitive files from the conversion host by embedding them as base64 data URIs in the output HTML. nbconvert 7.17.1 contains a fix. As a workaround, do not enable `HTMLExporter.embed_images`; it is not enabled by default.

Patch / fix

  • pypi nbconvert 7.17.1
  • jupyter nbconvert 7.17.1
  • nbconvert Debian 13 7.16.6-1+deb13u1
  • nbconvert Debian 14 7.17.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-39378

  • python-nbconvert openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.17.1-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:10603-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-39378 updated cvss 5.7

nbconvert: nbconvert: Sensitive file exfiltration via path traversal in image references

  • Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) rhoai/odh-pipeline-runtime-minimal-cpu-py312-rhel9, rhoai/odh-pipeline-runtime-pytorch-cuda-py312-rhel9, rhoai/odh-pipeline-runtime-pytorch-rocm-py312-rhel9, rhoai/odh-workbench-jupyter-minimal-cpu-py312-rhel9, rhoai/odh-workbench-jupyter-minimal-cuda-py312-rhel9, rhoai/odh-workbench-jupyter-minimal-rocm-py312-rhel9, +11 more
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications 8 mta/mta-solution-server-rhel9 Red Hat Satellite 6 satellite/iop-advisor-engine-rhel9
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
6 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
OSV 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi nbconvert
>=6.5.0, <7.17.1
7.17.1

Affected products

  • jupyter nbconvert

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
  • CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path
  • CWE-23 Relative Path Traversal

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.