CVE-2023-36018

Summary

CVE-2023-36018 is a vulnerability affecting the Jupyter Extension in Visual Studio Code. Maliciously crafted Jupyter notebooks can be used to spoof the extension's user interface, potentially deceiving users into providing sensitive information or executing unintended commands. This issue poses a risk to users who open untrusted Jupyter notebooks, and it underscores the importance of practicing caution when handling files from unverified sources. Microsoft has released a patch to address this vulnerability, and users are encouraged to update their Visual Studio Code installations to mitigate the risk.

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