CVE-2026-66298

JS-view sandboxed output can synthesize keyboard events to trigger unconfirmed global shortcuts

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 5, 2026 at 07:44 PM UTC
Updated: October 24, 2026 at 04:10 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLivebookLivebook

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Origin Validation Error vulnerability in livebook-dev livebook allows untrusted notebook output JavaScript to trigger session-wide keyboard shortcuts, including forced evaluation of all cells and runtime restart. Livebook's JS-view feature renders notebook-defined JavaScript inside a sandboxed, cross-origin iframe specifically because that JavaScript is untrusted. The trusted iframe shell in iframe/priv/static/iframe/v5.html forwards every keydown event fired in its own window to the parent page without consulting Event.isTrusted, so an event synthesized by the untrusted script through window.dispatchEvent is forwarded exactly as a genuine keystroke would be. The parent-side relay in assets/js/hooks/js_view.js reconstructs and re-dispatches it on the live page with no further validation, and because assets/js/hooks/session.js registers the global shortcut handler on the document in the capture phase, that handler acts on the replicated event regardless of how it was produced. Sandboxed output JavaScript can therefore drive Livebook's session-wide keyboard shortcuts. Two of them reach LivebookWeb.SessionLive and execute immediately with no confirmation: the shortcut for queueing full evaluation runs every cell in the notebook, and the shortcut for reconnecting the runtime disconnects and reconnects it, discarding in-memory state. A third shortcut deletes the focused cell behind a confirmation dialog that the user can permanently dismiss, after which it too executes silently. Forced full evaluation is the significant consequence, because it causes the notebook's own Elixir code to run without the user choosing to evaluate anything. A user who merely opens a notebook obtained from a third party, or reached from published documentation, can have its code executed on their runtime. Livebook also mirrors cell outputs to every connected client, so a malicious output triggers in a collaborator's browser as soon as it renders. This issue affects livebook: from 0.5.0 before 0.18.7 and from 0.19.0 before 0.19.9.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versions0.19.00.19.0-cuda120.5.00.5.0-cuda12844242ba80a928d0d675416d312a58003cb7771b
Affected range stops below 0.18.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 0.18.7-cuda12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 0.19.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 0.19.9-cuda12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
0.19.0 ≤ v < 0.19.90.5.0 ≤ v < 0.18.7
Affected range stops below 0.18.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 0.19.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (6)

RelatedVendor Advisory
Source: 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-66298.html
Vendor AdvisoryRelatedPatch
Source: 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
https://github.com/livebook-dev/livebook/security/advisories/GHSA-68c2-prqg-x62g
RelatedThird Party Advisory
Source: 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-66298

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-346

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