CVE-2024-38526 | pdoc embeds link to malicious CDN if math mode is enabled

pdoc provides API Documentation for Python Projects. Documentation generated with `pdoc --math` linked to JavaScript files from polyfill.io. The polyfill.io CDN has been sold and now serves malicious code. This issue has been fixed in pdoc 14.5.1.

Published: 2024-06-26 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Deferred，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-38526 is rated Moderate Risk (63.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 82.87%, 99th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-38526

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 2026-06-02 82.53% 82.87% +0.34%
2 2026-04-21 82.34% 82.53% +0.19%
3 2026-03-14 — 82.34% —

Full EPSS history (46 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-38526

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
 3.9 2.7 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-38526

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2024-38526

GHSA-5vgj-ggm4-fg62 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — pdoc embeds link to malicious CDN if math mode is enabled

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-38526

vendor priority summary link
suse medium CVE-2024-38526 severity moderate: SUSE including 46 source package names (MozillaFirefox, MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream, …), 418 product×package rows across 54 product lines (SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5, … (54 product lines)): Known Not Affected 405, Fixed 13. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-38526/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-38526

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2024-38526

cvelogic Threat Intelligence