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High · 7.8 CVE-2026-104078 EUVD-2026-95101GHSA-4pcg-gm3h-3m4r

Obsidian Desktop < 1.14.0 RCE via MathJax Safe Filter Bypass

Published Oct 8, 2026 · Updated Oct 27, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Obsidian Obsidian Desktop < 1.14.0 1.14.0

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