CVE-2026-2472
Stored XSS in Vertex AI SDK enables unauthenticated JS execution in Jupyter/Colab.
Is CVE-2026-2472 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-2472 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.52% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-2472?
CVE-2026-2472 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.6. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-2472?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-2472. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-2472 affect?
CVE-2026-2472 affects google-cloud-aiplatform (Vertex AI SDK) v1.98.0 - v1.130.x. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-2472?
Upgrade to 1.131.0+ when patch released; monitor notebooks
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript in victim's Jupyter/Colab by injecting script into model results or dataset JSON.
Immediate action required
- affected>= 1.98.0 and < 1.131.0
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.