SB2025020520 - Improper privilege management in jupyterhub jupyterhub
Published: February 5, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025020520
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Improper privilege management (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-41942)
CWE-ID: CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to escalate privileges.
The vulnerability exists due to `admin:users` is equivalent to `admin=True`, which is not intended. A remote privileged user can escalate their own privileges by making themselves a full admin user
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.