Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-33588

High

Published: 07 May 2026

Published
07 May 2026
Modified
07 May 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v4 7.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0018 8.0th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-33588 is a high-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Lfnovo Open-Notebook. Its CVSS base score is 7.0 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Web Shell (T1505.003); ranked at the 8.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Lack of user input validation in the file upload functionality of Open Notebook v1.8.3 allows the application user to create or modify files on the docker container via path traversal.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1505.003 Web Shell Persistence
Adversaries may backdoor web servers with web shells to establish persistent access to systems.
Why these techniques?

Path traversal in file upload directly enables arbitrary file write, which facilitates deployment of web shells for persistence/execution.

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2026-33587Same product: Lfnovo Open-Notebook
CVE-2026-28201Same product: Lfnovo Open-Notebook
CVE-2026-24936Shared CWE-20
CVE-2026-40162Shared CWE-20
CVE-2025-29814Shared CWE-20
CVE-2026-21864Shared CWE-20
CVE-2026-22862Shared CWE-20
CVE-2025-1022Shared CWE-20
CVE-2025-48913Shared CWE-20
CVE-2026-8000Shared CWE-20

Affected Assets

lfnovo
open-notebook
≤ 1.8.4

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.

addresses: CWE-20

Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.

addresses: CWE-20

Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.

References