# CVE-2025-53000: nbconvert has an uncontrolled search path that leads to unauthorized code execution on Windows

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-1691, GHSA-XM59-RQC7-HHVF
- Severity: CVSS 8.5 (High), CNA
- 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.17.0
- Published: 2025-12-17 · Updated: 2026-02-18

## Affected

- jupyter nbconvert: fixed in 7.17.0
- nbconvert (PyPI): fixed in 7.17.0

## 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 SVG output to a PDF on a Windows platform from this directory, the `inkscape.bat` file is run unexpectedly. This issue has been patched in version 7.17.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on jupyter nbconvert, nbconvert, upgrade to a fixed version (7.17.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/jupyter/nbconvert/security/advisories/GHSA-xm59-rqc7-hhvf
- https://github.com/jupyter/nbconvert/issues/2258
- https://github.com/jupyter/nbconvert/commit/c9ac1d1040459ed1ff9eb34e9918ce5a87cf9d71
- https://github.com/jupyter/nbconvert/blob/4f61702f5c7524d8a3c4ac0d5fc33a6ac2fa36a7/nbconvert/preprocessors/svg2pdf.py#L104
- https://github.com/jupyter/nbconvert/releases/tag/v7.17.0
- https://www.imperva.com/blog/code-execution-in-jupyter-notebook-exports

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