CVE-2023-27035
An issue discovered in Obsidian Canvas 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to send desktop notifications, record user audio and other unspecified impacts via embedded website on the canvas page.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.84%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue discovered in Obsidian Canvas 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to send desktop notifications, record user audio and other unspecified impacts via embedded website on the canvas page.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.84% probability · 78th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-276
- Affected
- obsidian/obsidian
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.8% since 6 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://forum.obsidian.md/t/embedded-web-pages-in-obsidian-canvas-can-use-sensitive-web-apis-without-the-users-permission-grant/54509Exploit
- https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-release-v1-1-14-insider-build/54595Release Notes
- https://github.com/fivex3/CVE-2023-27035Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://forum.obsidian.md/t/embedded-web-pages-in-obsidian-canvas-can-use-sensitive-web-apis-without-the-users-permission-grant/54509Exploit
- https://forum.obsidian.md/t/obsidian-release-v1-1-14-insider-build/54595Release Notes
- https://github.com/fivex3/CVE-2023-27035Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.