{"id":"CVE-2024-28245","aliases":["CLSA-2026-1790624011","DEBIAN-CVE-2024-28245","EUVD-2024-0914","GHSA-f98w-7cxr-ff2h","UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28245","USN-7572-1"],"status":"published","title":"KaTeX's \\includegraphics does not escape filename","description":"KaTeX is a JavaScript library for TeX math rendering on the web. KaTeX users who render untrusted mathematical expressions could encounter malicious input using `\\includegraphics` that runs arbitrary JavaScript, or generate invalid HTML. 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KaTeX users who render untrusted mathematical expressions could encounter malicious input using `\\includegraphics` that runs arbitrary JavaScript, or generate invalid HTML. Upgrade to KaTeX v0.16.10 to remove this vulnerability.","status":"published","published":"2024-03-25T19:53:01.32Z","modified":"2024-08-02T00:48:49.569Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-116"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:18.597034Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2024-0914","description":"KaTeX is a JavaScript library for TeX math rendering on the web. KaTeX users who render untrusted mathematical expressions could encounter malicious input using `\\includegraphics` that runs arbitrary JavaScript, or generate invalid HTML. 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KaTeX users who render untrusted mathematical expressions could encounter malicious input using `\\includegraphics` that runs arbitrary JavaScript, or generate invalid HTML. Upgrade to KaTeX v0.16.10 to remove this vulnerability.","status":"published","published":"2024-03-25T20:15:08.37Z","modified":"2026-06-17T07:21:15.303Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-116"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:09:43.052376Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2024-28245","title":"KaTeX's \\includegraphics does not escape filename","description":"KaTeX is a JavaScript library for TeX math rendering on the web. KaTeX users who render untrusted mathematical expressions could encounter malicious input using `\\includegraphics` that runs arbitrary JavaScript, or generate invalid HTML. 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If\na user or system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an\nattacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This\nissue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-28245)\n\nSean Ng discovered that KaTeX did not correctly handle certain inputs. If\na user or system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an\nattacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.\n(CVE-2025-23207)","status":"published","published":"2025-06-17T00:46:27Z","modified":"2026-04-27T18:03:44.012907Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:19.988474Z"}]}}