Jupyter Server: Stored XSS in `NbconvertFileHandler` / `NbconvertPostHandler` via missing `sandbox` CSP
Description
The nbconvert HTTP handlers in jupyter_server render user-authored notebook HTML under the Jupyter origin without a sandbox directive in their Content-Security-Policy.
Combined with nbconvert.HTMLExporter's default non-sanitizing behavior, a notebook carrying an HTML payload in a display_data output triggers stored XSS with cookie access, full /api/* authority, and kernel RCE.
Impact
An authenticated victim who navigates to /nbconvert/html/ containing attacker-authored output can have their token exfiltrated to another domain because it is executed in the Jupyter origin.
Patches
Fixed in v2.20.0, commit 6cbee8d
Workarounds
For deployments where editing the installed jupyter_server is impractical (containerized builds, read-only images), adding this to jupyter_server_config.py has the same effect as the patch above without touching source files:
import jupyter_server.nbconvert.handlers as _nb
def _csp(self):
return super(type(self), self).content_security_policy + "; sandbox allow-scripts"
_nb.NbconvertFileHandler.content_security_policy = property(_csp)
_nb.NbconvertPostHandler.content_security_policy = property(_csp)
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
jupyter-serverPyPI | < 2.20.0 | 2.20.0 |
Affected products
4- Range: <2.20.0
- osv-coords3 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/tensorflow-cpu-jupyterpkg:apk/chainguard/tensorflow-gpu-jupyterpkg:apk/wolfi/tensorflow-cpu-jupyter
< 2.21.0-r6+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.21.0-r6
- (no CPE)range: < 2.21.0-r6
- (no CPE)range: < 2.21.0-r6
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