Answer in brief
CVE-2026-66881 records a High severity (CVSS 7.0) vulnerability in Path traversal in imported file_entries name allows arbitrary file write via URL-type entry download. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps livebook-dev/livebook (generic), livebook-dev/livebook (generic), livebook-dev/livebook (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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Answer in brief
CVE-2026-66881 records a High severity (CVSS 7.0) vulnerability in Path traversal in imported file_entries name allows arbitrary file write via URL-type entry download. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps livebook-dev/livebook (generic), livebook-dev/livebook (generic), livebook-dev/livebook (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.
CVSS is 7.0. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps livebook-dev/livebook (generic), livebook-dev/livebook (generic), livebook-dev/livebook (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| livebook-dev/livebookgeneric | >=0.11.0 <0.18.7 || >=0.19.0 <0.19.9 | 0.18.7, 0.19.9 |
| livebook-dev/livebookgeneric | >=0.11.0 <0.18.7 || >=0.19.0 <0.19.9 || >=0.11.0-cuda12 <0.18.7-cuda12 || >=0.19.0-cuda12 <0.19.9-cuda12 | 0.18.7, 0.19.9, 0.18.7-cuda12, 0.19.9-cuda12 |
| livebook-dev/livebookgeneric | >=c02eb984f80a543c7a52b1d882c76f56aa5be743 <* | * |
Published upstream
Aug 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 5, 2026
Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in livebook-dev livebook allows an attacker-authored notebook to write a file with attacker-controlled content to an arbitrary path. A .livemd notebook can declare file_entries metadata, each entry carrying a name. Every path that creates a file entry through the user interface validates that name with Livebook.Notebook.validate_file_entry_name/2, which requires a flat filename of alphanumerics, dashes, underscores and dots, ending in an extension. The import path does not: Livebook.LiveMarkdown.Import.file_entry_metadata_to_attrs/1 in lib/livebook/live_markdown/import.ex takes the name verbatim from the notebook source. For a URL-type file entry, Livebook.Session.file_entry_cache_file/2 in lib/livebook/session.ex resolves that name beneath the session's temporary directory without checking that the result stays inside it, and Livebook.FileSystem.Utils.resolve_unix_like_path/2 collapses parent-directory segments while clamping only at the filesystem root. When the entry's content is requested and no cached copy exists, Livebook fetches the entry's URL and writes the response body to the resolved path, creating parent directories as needed. The attacker therefore controls both the destination and the contents of the written file, which may land anywhere the Livebook process can write. The same missing containment check is present in Livebook.Session.to_attachment_file_entry/2. A victim who opens an attacker-supplied notebook and causes the entry to be fetched triggers the write within their own authenticated session; the attacker needs no account on the target instance. URL-type entries are also not placed under notebook stamping quarantine on import, so no warning is shown. This issue affects livebook: from 0.11.0 before 0.18.7 and from 0.19.0 before 0.19.9.
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CVSS is 7.0. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps livebook-dev/livebook (generic), livebook-dev/livebook (generic), livebook-dev/livebook (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| livebook-dev/livebookgeneric | >=0.11.0 <0.18.7 || >=0.19.0 <0.19.9 | 0.18.7, 0.19.9 |
| livebook-dev/livebookgeneric | >=0.11.0 <0.18.7 || >=0.19.0 <0.19.9 || >=0.11.0-cuda12 <0.18.7-cuda12 || >=0.19.0-cuda12 <0.19.9-cuda12 | 0.18.7, 0.19.9, 0.18.7-cuda12, 0.19.9-cuda12 |
| livebook-dev/livebookgeneric | >=c02eb984f80a543c7a52b1d882c76f56aa5be743 <* | * |
Published upstream
Aug 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 5, 2026
Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in livebook-dev livebook allows an attacker-authored notebook to write a file with attacker-controlled content to an arbitrary path. A .livemd notebook can declare file_entries metadata, each entry carrying a name. Every path that creates a file entry through the user interface validates that name with Livebook.Notebook.validate_file_entry_name/2, which requires a flat filename of alphanumerics, dashes, underscores and dots, ending in an extension. The import path does not: Livebook.LiveMarkdown.Import.file_entry_metadata_to_attrs/1 in lib/livebook/live_markdown/import.ex takes the name verbatim from the notebook source. For a URL-type file entry, Livebook.Session.file_entry_cache_file/2 in lib/livebook/session.ex resolves that name beneath the session's temporary directory without checking that the result stays inside it, and Livebook.FileSystem.Utils.resolve_unix_like_path/2 collapses parent-directory segments while clamping only at the filesystem root. When the entry's content is requested and no cached copy exists, Livebook fetches the entry's URL and writes the response body to the resolved path, creating parent directories as needed. The attacker therefore controls both the destination and the contents of the written file, which may land anywhere the Livebook process can write. The same missing containment check is present in Livebook.Session.to_attachment_file_entry/2. A victim who opens an attacker-supplied notebook and causes the entry to be fetched triggers the write within their own authenticated session; the attacker needs no account on the target instance. URL-type entries are also not placed under notebook stamping quarantine on import, so no warning is shown. This issue affects livebook: from 0.11.0 before 0.18.7 and from 0.19.0 before 0.19.9.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.