CVE-2025-53000 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Nbconvert
Severity
8.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.59%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 17
Latest updateDec 18
Description
The nbconvert tool, jupyter nbconvert, converts Jupyter notebooks to various other formats via Jinja templates. Versions of nbconvert up to and including 7.16.6 on Windows have a vulnerability in which converting a notebook containing SVG output to a PDF results in unauthorized code execution. Specifically, a third party can create a `inkscape.bat` file that defines a Windows batch script, capable of arbitrary code execution. When a user runs `jupyter nbconvert --to pdf` on a notebook containing…
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected Packages4 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
4GHSA▶
nbconvert has an uncontrolled search path that leads to unauthorized code execution on Windows↗2025-12-18
OSV▶
nbconvert has an uncontrolled search path that leads to unauthorized code execution on Windows↗2025-12-18
OSV▶
CVE-2025-53000: The nbconvert tool, jupyter nbconvert, converts Jupyter notebooks to various other formats via Jinja templates↗2025-12-17
OSV▶
CVE-2025-53000: The nbconvert tool, jupyter nbconvert, converts Jupyter notebooks to various other formats via Jinja templates↗2025-12-17