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GHSA-4c99-qj7h-p3vg

nbconvert has an Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal in Cell Attachment Filenames

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) Moderate CVE-2026-39377

Packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
PyPI nbconvert >= 6.5.0, < 7.17.1 7.17.1

Details

As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).

# Arbitrary File Write via Path Traversal in Cell Attachment Filenames ## Summary nbconvert allows arbitrary file writes to locations outside the intended output directory when processing notebooks containing crafted cell attachment filenames. The `ExtractAttachmentsPreprocessor` passes attachment filenames directly to the filesystem without sanitization, enabling path traversal attacks. This vulnerability provides complete control over both the destination path and file extension. ## Impact This vulnerability allows writing files with arbitrary content to arbitrary filesystem locations, limited only by the permissions of the process running nbconvert. The attacker controls: - Full destination path (via `../` traversal) - Filename - File extension - File content ## Patches - upgrade to nbconvert v7.17.1 ## Workarounds disable ExtractAttachmentsPreprocessor by setting: ```python c. ExtractAttachmentsPreprocessor.enabled = False ```

References

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