# CVE-2026-44727: Jupyter Server: Stored XSS in \`NbconvertFileHandler\` / \`NbconvertPostHandler\` via missing \`sandbox\` CSP

- Also known as: GHSA-FCW5-X6J4-CCMP, PYSEC-2026-366
- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.20, 2.20.0
- Published: 2026-06-22 · Updated: 2026-08-28

## Affected

- jupyter-server jupyter\_server: fixed in 2.20
- jupyter-server (PyPI): fixed in 2.20.0

## Description

Jupyter Server is the backend for Jupyter web applications. Prior to 2.20, 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. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.20.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on jupyter-server jupyter\_server, jupyter-server, upgrade to a fixed version (2.20, 2.20.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server/security/advisories/GHSA-fcw5-x6j4-ccmp
- https://github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server/commit/6cbee8d65e71abac851c4492fea987ad080580bd

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