Obsidian Desktop before 1.14.0 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows attackers to craft malicious Markdown notes exploiting insufficient sanitization of the data-background-iframe attribute, which bypasses DOMPurify and is processed by the bundled Reveal.js 4.3.1 within the Slides core plugin, allowing a javascript: URL to execute in the resulting background iframe. Because Node integration is enabled and context isolation is disabled in Obsidian's vault renderer, the injected script can call parent.require() to access Node APIs such as fs and child_process, enabling arbitrary operating system command execution when the victim opens the note and manually starts the presentation.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Passive

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
Obsidian Obsidian Desktop unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 1.14.0

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https://obsidian.md/changelog/2026-10-05-desktop-v1.14.4/ cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000

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Description Obsidian Desktop before 1.14.0 contains an arbitrary code execution vulnerability in the Slides core plugin that allows attackers to craft a malicious Markdown note containing a data-background-iframe attribute that survives DOMPurify sanitization. When the victim opens the note and starts it as a presentation, Reveal.js promotes the attacker-controlled value to an iframe src without URL-scheme restrictions, executing a javascript: payload that reaches Node.js APIs via parent.require in the Node-integrated, context-isolation-disabled renderer to achieve arbitrary command execution as the Obsidian user. Obsidian Desktop before 1.14.0 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows attackers to craft malicious Markdown notes exploiting insufficient sanitization of the data-background-iframe attribute, which bypasses DOMPurify and is processed by the bundled Reveal.js 4.3.1 within the Slides core plugin, allowing a javascript: URL to execute in the resulting background iframe. Because Node integration is enabled and context isolation is disabled in Obsidian's vault renderer, the injected script can call parent.require() to access Node APIs such as fs and child_process, enabling arbitrary operating system command execution when the victim opens the note and manually starts the presentation.
Weaknesses CWE-1188
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

 cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Obsidian Desktop before 1.14.0 contains an arbitrary code execution vulnerability in the Slides core plugin that allows attackers to craft a malicious Markdown note containing a data-background-iframe attribute that survives DOMPurify sanitization. When the victim opens the note and starts it as a presentation, Reveal.js promotes the attacker-controlled value to an iframe src without URL-scheme restrictions, executing a javascript: payload that reaches Node.js APIs via parent.require in the Node-integrated, context-isolation-disabled renderer to achieve arbitrary command execution as the Obsidian user.
Title Obsidian Desktop < 1.14.0 RCE via Slides Plugin Markdown
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-08T17:14:40.634Z

Reserved: 2026-10-01T18:02:50.083Z

Link: CVE-2026-104077

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Updated: 2026-10-08T17:14:36.478Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-08T17:17:11.603

Modified: 2026-10-08T21:33:42.423

Link: CVE-2026-104077

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Updated: 2026-10-08T19:00:07Z

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