Is this vulnerability remotely exploitable?

Yes. If the notebook management API is reachable over a network, an attacker who can issue requests to the relevant endpoints can attempt path traversal, subject to any authentication or access controls in front of the service.

What level of access is required to exploit it?

The attacker needs the same level of access required to call the notebook operations (create, read, edit, add cell). In some deployments this may be unauthenticated or low-privilege user access; in others it may require authenticated access, but still within reach of a malicious or compromised user.

What is the safest general fix pattern?

The most robust fix is to strictly bind all file operations to a designated workspace root, canonicalize the target path, and reject any operation whose resolved path lies outside that root. Combine this with strong path validation and, where possible, server-controlled mapping from user-visible IDs to filesystem locations.

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.3)

Path Traversal (CWE-22) in python-notebook-mcp Notebook File Operations

CVE-2026-7810

Published:

May 4, 2026

Status:

Deferred

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Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

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Vulnerability Type

Category:

Path Traversal

CWE:

CWE-22

Impact:

Arbitrary File Read/Write on Server Filesystem

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.3)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Path Traversal

CWE:

CWE-22

Impact:

Arbitrary File Read/Write on Server Filesystem

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.3)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Path Traversal (CWE-22) in python-notebook-mcp Notebook File Operations

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

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