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CVE-2025-59842: JupyterLab LaTeX typesetter links did not enforce `noopener` attribute

Affects jupyterlabSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 2.1 Low : upgrade to 4.4.8 when convenient.

Data as of 31 Oct 2026, 16:51 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
2.1Low
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
Patch
Available – fixed in 4.4.8
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 13 Aug 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade jupyterlab to 4.4.8.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Homebrewjupyterlabpkg:brew/jupyterlabOther threatsAffected
  • >=1.2.0 <4.4.8
Fixed in
  • 4.4.8

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Description

Links generated with LaTeX typesetters in Markdown files and Markdown cells in JupyterLab and Jupyter Notebook did not include the `noopener` attribute. This is deemed to have no impact on the default installations. Theoretically users of third-party LaTeX-rendering extensions could find themselves vulnerable to reverse tabnabbing attacks if: - links generated by those extensions included `target=_blank` (no such extensions are known at time of writing) and - they were to click on a link generated in LaTeX (typically visibly different from other links). For consistency with handling on other links, new versions of JupyterLab will enforce `noopener` and `target=_blank` on all links generated by typesetters. The former will harden the resilience of JupyterLab to extensions with lack of secure defaults in link rendering, and the latter will improve user experience by preventing accidental state loss when clicking on links rendered by LaTeX typesetters. ### Impact Since the official LaTeX typesetter extensions for JupyterLab: `jupyterlab-mathjax` (default), `jupyterlab-mathjax2` and `jupyterlab-katex` do not include the `target=_blank`, there is no impact for JupyterLab users. ### Patches JupyterLab 4.4.8 ### Workarounds No workarounds are necessary. ### References None

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