CVE-2024-41942

High

Description

JupyterHub is software that allows one to create a multi-user server for Jupyter notebooks. Prior to versions 4.1.6 and 5.1.0, if a user is granted the `admin:users` scope, they may escalate their own privileges by making themselves a full admin user. The impact is relatively small in that `admin:users` is already an extremely privileged scope only granted to trusted users. In effect, `admin:users` is equivalent to `admin=True`, which is not intended. Note that the change here only prevents escalation to the built-in JupyterHub admin role that has unrestricted permissions. It does not prevent users with e.g. `groups` permissions from granting themselves or other users permissions via group membership, which is intentional. Versions 4.1.6 and 5.1.0 fix this issue.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.2
Exploit probability—
ProductJupyterhub
PublishedAug 8, 2024
First seenAug 8, 2024
Weakness typeCWE-274CWE-274

How to fix

Update
  • jupyter jupyterhub4.1.6 or later
  • jupyterhub4.1.6, 5.1.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
jupyter jupyterhubv < 4.1.6, 5.0.04.1.6
jupyterhubPyPIv < 4.1.6, 5.0.0 ≤ v < 5.1.04.1.6, 5.1.0

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