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Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting ipywidgets package, versions [5.0.0,5.2.0)

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-IPYWIDGETS-6514865
  • published 1 Apr 2024
  • disclosed 1 Apr 2024
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 1 Apr 2024

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How to fix?

Upgrade ipywidgets to version 5.2.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution via the widget snapshotting feature that enables javascript code execution upon loading and saving a Jupyter Notebook.

Note:

This issue specifically affects ipywidgets when used with the Jupyter Notebook.

References

CVSS Scores

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Snyk

Recommended
9.8 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High