Notebook code execution via synthetic keyboard events
Published Aug 5, 2026 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Origin validation failure in affected Dashbit Livebook releases allows attackers to execute notebook code after opening a malicious notebook. The JS-view iframe forwards synthetic keydown events without checking Event.isTrusted, and the parent reconstructs them for capture-phase global shortcut handling. Rendering untrusted notebook output, including output mirrored to collaborators, can therefore queue every cell for evaluation or restart the runtime without confirmation.
Summary
What happened
Origin validation failure in affected Dashbit Livebook releases allows attackers to execute notebook code after opening a malicious notebook. The JS-view iframe forwards synthetic keydown events without checking Event.isTrusted, and the parent reconstructs them for capture-phase global shortcut handling. Rendering untrusted notebook output, including output mirrored to collaborators, can therefore queue every cell for evaluation or restart the runtime without confirmation.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-66298
- Published
- Aug 5, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- Dashbit
- Product
- Livebook
- Classifications
- CWE-346, T1204.002
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 5, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0.19.0 <0.19.9
- Affected versionversion=0.19.0-cuda12 <0.19.9-cuda12
- Affected versionversion=0.5.0 <0.18.7
- Affected versionversion=0.5.0-cuda12 <0.18.7-cuda12
- Affected versionversion=844242ba80a928d0d675416d312a58003cb7771b <* changes=[{"at":"296318ffdfa6e5ed7b18ad8d5a5b2af90f3cd728","status":"unaffected"},{"at":"a552ce8f99ad348ea37061394dc950a0cebdb33e","status":"unaffected"},{"at":"5980e5c6b71036806b3bf54101eb1d6c0f50f19c","status":"unaffected"}]
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