# CVE-2026-49449: Joplin: KaTeX \`trust:true\` enables URL-allowlist bypass leading to NTLMv2 credential theft via UNC path on Windows

- Also known as: GHSA-9M2R-PV96-JXR3
- Severity: CVSS 2.5 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.7.2
- Published: 2026-09-21 · Updated: 2026-09-28

## Affected

- laurent22 joplin: from 1.4.0, fixed in 3.7.2

## Description

Joplin is an open source note-taking and to-do application that organises notes and lists into notebooks. From 1.4.0 until 3.7.2, packages/renderer/MdToHtml/rules/katex.ts enables KaTeX's trust option for note content, allowing a note author to place a \href URL into rendered output without passing Joplin's normal URL allowlist. On Windows, clicking a link whose target is an attacker-controlled UNC path causes pathExists() to initiate SMB authentication and disclose the current user's NTLMv2 challenge-response without a warning. The unfiltered URL can also invoke other registered URL handlers, but the credential disclosure through KaTeX \href is the distinguishing demonstrated impact. This issue is fixed in version 3.7.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on laurent22 joplin, upgrade to a fixed version (3.7.2) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/security/advisories/GHSA-9m2r-pv96-jxr3
- https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/pull/15538
- https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/commit/b15472bc9654a72101b34b79c9436b3d450e2c10

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