CVE-2026-49449
Joplin: KaTeX `trust:true` enables URL-allowlist bypass leading to NTLMv2 credential theft via UNC path on Windows
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 2.5 Low
- Published
- Sep 21, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 28, 2026
- Reserved
- May 30, 2026
Description
Joplin is an open source note-taking and to-do application that organises notes and lists into notebooks. From 1.4.0 until 3.7.2, packages/renderer/MdToHtml/rules/katex.ts enables KaTeX's trust option for note content, allowing a note author to place a \href URL into rendered output without passing Joplin's normal URL allowlist. On Windows, clicking a link whose target is an attacker-controlled UNC path causes pathExists() to initiate SMB authentication and disclose the current user's NTLMv2 challenge-response without a warning. The unfiltered URL can also invoke other registered URL handlers, but the credential disclosure through KaTeX \href is the distinguishing demonstrated impact. This issue is fixed in version 3.7.2.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 2.5 Low | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
joplinlaurent22 |
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References
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