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nbconvert — security advisory
The nbconvert tool, jupyter nbconvert, converts Jupyter notebooks to various other formats via Jinja templates. Versions of nbconvert up to and including 7.16.6 on Windows have a vulnerability in which 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, 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. This issue has been patched in version 7.17.0.
- Products
- nbconvert
- Affected versions
- 4.2.0-4, 5.3.1-1, 5.4-2ubuntu2, 5.6.0-1, 5.6.0-2, 5.6.1-1, 5.6.1-3, 6.1.0-1, 6.3.0-1, 6.4.0-1, 6.5.3-4, 6.5.3-5, 7.16.6-1, 7.17.0-1, 7.17.1-2
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-53000
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 01:33 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The nbconvert tool, jupyter nbconvert, converts Jupyter notebooks to various other formats via Jinja templates. Versions of nbconvert up to and including 7.16.6 on Windows have a vulnerability in which 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, 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. This issue has been patched in version 7.17.0.
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Complete source record
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