CVE-2026-39378
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-22
Path Traversal
Publication date:
21/04/2026
Last modified:
21/04/2026
Description
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.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
6.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM



