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CVE-2026-33976

streetwriters Notesnook Web/Desktop — Notesnook vulnerable to RCE via stored XSS in Web Clipper rendering

Description · from the CVE record

Notesnook is a note-taking app. Prior to version 3.3.11 on Web/Desktop and 3.3.17 on Android/iOS, a stored XSS in the Web Clipper rendering flow can be escalated to remote code execution in the desktop app. The root cause is that the clipper preserves attacker-controlled attributes from the source page’s root element and stores them inside web-clip HTML. When the clip is later opened, Notesnook renders that HTML into a same-origin, unsandboxed iframe using `contentDocument.write(...)`. Event-handler attributes such as `onload`, `onclick`, or `onmouseover` execute in the Notesnook origin. In the desktop app, this becomes RCE because Electron is configured with `nodeIntegration: true` and `contextIsolation: false`. Version 3.3.11 Web/Desktop and 3.3.17 on Android/iOS patch the issue.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
Notesnook Web/Desktop< 3.3.11–CNA
Notesnook iOS/Android< 3.3.17–CNA

Scores by source

GitHub_M (CNA)9.7CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

References

refgithub.com/streetwriters/notesnook/security/advisories/GHSA-f42f-phvp-43x5