CVE-2024-41942CWE-274

JupyterHub has a privilege escalation vulnerability with the `admin:users` scope

High · published August 8, 2024

CVSS v3.1
7.2
EPSS
1%
Percentile
47.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.2 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00590 · 47.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-274 · Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges
Published
2024-08-08T14:36Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 AUG 14:36Z
    JupyterHub has a privilege escalation vulnerability with the `admin:users` scope
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