High severity · published Aug 8, 2024
CVE-2024-41942
JupyterHub is software that allows one to create a multi-user server for Jupyter notebooks
7.2
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 48% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JU
Jupyterhub · Jupyter
before 4.1.6; 5.0.0; 5.0.0; 5.0.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41942
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41942
Patch
https://github.com/jupyterhub/jupyterhub/commit/99e2720b0fc626cbeeca3c6337f917fdacfaa428
Patch
https://github.com/jupyterhub/jupyterhub/commit/ff2db557a85b6980f90c3158634bf924063ab8ba
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/jupyterhub/jupyterhub/security/advisories/GHSA-9x4q-3gxw-849f
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