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### Impact It was possible to read arbitrary files from the server file system using crafted symbolic links in the repository. ### Resources Thanks to Jason Marcello for responsible disclosure.
### Summary On Windows, converting a notebook containing SVG output to a PDF results in unauthorized code execution. Specifically, a third party can create a `inkscape.bat` file that defines a [Windows batch script](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batch_file), capable of arbitrary code execution. When a user runs `jupyter nbconvert --to pdf` on a notebook containing SVG output to a PDF on a Windows platform from this directory, the `inkscape.bat` file is run unexpectedly. ### Details _Give all details on the vulnerability. Pointing to the incriminated source code is very helpful for the maintainer._ `nbconvert` searches for an `inkscape` executable when converting notebooks to PDFs here: https://github.com/jupyter/nbconvert/blob/4f61702f5c7524d8a3c4ac0d5fc33a6ac2fa36a7/nbconvert/preprocessors/svg2pdf.py#L104 The MITRE page on [CWE-427 (Uncontrolled Search Path Element)](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/427.html) summarizes the root cause succinctly: > In Windows-based systems...
**What is the version information for this release?** Microsoft Edge Version Date Released Based on Chromium Version 143.0.3650.96 12/18/2025 143.0.7499.146/.147
**What is the version information for this release?** Microsoft Edge Version Date Released Based on Chromium Version 143.0.3650.96 12/18/2025 143.0.7499.146/.147
Cary, North Carolina, USA, 18th December 2025, CyberNewsWire
The agency plans to renew a sweeping cybersecurity contract that includes expanded employee monitoring as the government escalates leak investigations and casts internal dissent as a threat.
This week, Joe laments on 2025, and what we can think of in 2026 in the wild world of cybersecurity.
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## Summary S3 Encryption Client for Go is an open-source client-side encryption library used to facilitate writing and reading encrypted records to S3. When the encrypted data key (EDK) is stored in an "Instruction File" instead of S3's metadata record, the EDK is exposed to an "Invisible Salamanders" attack (https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/016), which could allow the EDK to be replaced with a new key. ## Impact ### Background - Key Commitment There is a cryptographic property whereby under certain conditions, a single ciphertext can be decrypted into 2 different plaintexts by using different encryption keys. To address this issue, strong encryption schemes use what is known as "key commitment", a process by which an encrypted message can only be decrypted by one key; the key used to originally encrypt the message. In older versions of S3EC, when customers are also using a feature called "Instruction File" to store EDKs, key commitment is not implemented because multiple EDK...