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CVE-2021-27578: Cross Site Scripting in markdown interpreter

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-09-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in markdown interpreter of Apache Zeppelin allows an attacker to inject malicious scripts. This issue affects Apache Zeppelin Apache Zeppelin versions prior to 0.9.0.

Affected products

• Apache Software Foundation Apache Zeppelin: before 0.9.0 — fixed in 0.9.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache Zeppelin 0.9.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/02/3
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r31012f2c8e39a5e12e14c1de030012cb8b51c037d953d73b291b7b50%40%3Cusers.zeppelin.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r90590aa5ea788128ecc2e822e1e64d5200b4cb92b06707b38da4cb3d%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r90590aa5ea788128ecc2e822e1e64d5200b4cb92b06707b38da4cb3d%40%3Cusers.zeppelin.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r90590aa5ea788128ecc2e822e1e64d5200b4cb92b06707b38da4cb3d%40%3Cusers.zeppelin.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r90590aa5ea788128ecc2e822e1e64d5200b4cb92b06707b38da4cb3d%40%3Cusers.zeppelin.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r90590aa5ea788128ecc2e822e1e64d5200b4cb92b06707b38da4cb3d%40%3Cusers.zeppelin.apache.org%3E
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-04
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/02/3
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r31012f2c8e39a5e12e14c1de030012cb8b51c037d953d73b291b7b50%40%3Cusers.zeppelin.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r90590aa5ea788128ecc2e822e1e64d5200b4cb92b06707b38da4cb3d%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r90590aa5ea788128ecc2e822e1e64d5200b4cb92b06707b38da4cb3d%40%3Cusers.zeppelin.apache.org%3E

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