CVE-2021-32862 (Medium) detected in nbconvert-5.5.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl

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CVE-2021-32862 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - nbconvert-5.5.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl

Converting Jupyter Notebooks (.ipynb files) to other formats. Output formats include asciidoc, html, latex, markdown, pdf, py, rst, script. nbconvert can be used both as a Python library (`import nbconvert`) or as a command line tool (invoked as `jupyter nbconvert ...`).

Library home page: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/35/e7/f46c9d65f149271e47fca6ab084ef5c6e4cb1870f4c5cce6690feac55231/nbconvert-5.5.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl

Path to dependency file: /ProbStats-with-TFP/requirements.txt

Path to vulnerable library: /teSource-ArchiveExtractor_06502b82-fa31-4507-bcc7-4f2a20df0a9c/20190519121749_57228/20190519121716_depth_0/4/notebook-5.7.8-py2.py3-none-any/notebook/nbconvert

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ nbconvert-5.5.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

The GitHub Security Lab discovered sixteen ways to exploit a cross-site scripting vulnerability in nbconvert. When using nbconvert to generate an HTML version of a user-controllable notebook, it is possible to inject arbitrary HTML which may lead to cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities if these HTML notebooks are served by a web server (eg: nbviewer).

Publish Date: 2022-08-18

URL: CVE-2021-32862

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.4)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: Low
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Changed
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: Low
  • Integrity Impact: Low
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-9jmq-rx5f-8jwq

Release Date: 2022-08-18

Fix Resolution: 6.3.0

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