Obsidian Desktop before 1.14.0 contains a filter bypass vulnerability in the bundled MathJax 3.2.2 Safe component that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by embedding a crafted \href value with a TAB byte in the URL scheme, causing filterURL to produce an empty protocol that bypasses the configured safeProtocols restrictions. Attackers can craft a note containing a malicious MathJax formula that renders as a javascript: URL anchor, which when clicked by the victim in Live Preview executes in the Node-integration-enabled vault renderer via require('child_process'), achieving arbitrary operating system command execution as the desktop user.
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| Description | Obsidian Desktop before 1.14.0 contains a filter bypass vulnerability in the bundled MathJax 3.2.2 Safe component that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by embedding a crafted \href value with a TAB byte in the URL scheme, causing filterURL to produce an empty protocol that bypasses the configured safeProtocols restrictions. Attackers can craft a note containing a malicious MathJax formula that renders as a javascript: URL anchor, which when clicked by the victim in Live Preview executes in the Node-integration-enabled vault renderer via require('child_process'), achieving arbitrary operating system command execution as the desktop user. | |
| Title | Obsidian Desktop < 1.14.0 RCE via MathJax Safe Filter Bypass | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-1188 CWE-79 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published: 2026-10-08T16:38:20.154Z
Updated: 2026-10-27T01:30:34.541Z
Reserved: 2026-10-01T18:02:50.083Z
Link: CVE-2026-104078
Updated: 2026-10-08T17:58:11.127Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-10-08T17:17:11.753
Modified: 2026-10-12T21:17:08.157
Link: CVE-2026-104078
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