GHSA-75cw-5cgv-g853 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — IPython Notebook vulnerable to improper validation of the origin of websocket requests
IPython Notebook 0.12 through 1.x before 1.2 does not validate the origin of websocket requests, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging knowledge of the kernel id and a crafted page.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-3429 is rated Moderate Risk (55.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.09%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-03-30 | 2.57% | 2.09% | -0.48% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 2.09% | 2.57% | +0.48% |
| 3 | 2025-03-27 | — | 2.09% | — |
Full EPSS history (7 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
GHSA-75cw-5cgv-g853 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — IPython Notebook vulnerable to improper validation of the origin of websocket requests
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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low | CVE-2014-3429 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ipython), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3429 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2014-3429 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ipython), 4 status rows across 4 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream): not-affected 2, released 2. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3429 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| opensuse | opensuse | 13.1 | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| opensuse | opensuse | 13.2 | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| ipython | ipython_notebook | 0.12 | cpe:2.3:a:ipython:ipython_notebook:0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| ipython | ipython_notebook | 0.12.1 | cpe:2.3:a:ipython:ipython_notebook:0.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| ipython | ipython_notebook | 0.13 | cpe:2.3:a:ipython:ipython_notebook:0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| ipython | ipython_notebook | 0.13.1 | cpe:2.3:a:ipython:ipython_notebook:0.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| ipython | ipython_notebook | 0.13.2 | cpe:2.3:a:ipython:ipython_notebook:0.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| ipython | ipython_notebook | 1.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:ipython:ipython_notebook:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| ipython | ipython_notebook | 1.1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:ipython:ipython_notebook:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mageia | mageia | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mageia | mageia | 4.0 | cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0320.html | Third Party Advisory |
| http://lambdaops.com/cross-origin-websocket-hijacking-of-ipython | Press/Media Coverage Technical Description |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00039.html | Third Party Advisory |
| http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.ipython.devel/13198 | Broken Link |
| http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/152 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:160 | Broken Link |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1119890 | Issue Tracking |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94497 | |
| https://github.com/ipython/ipython/pull/4845 | Issue Tracking Patch |