Improper privilege management in jupyterhub - CVE-2024-41942
Published: February 5, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU103634
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-41942
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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
Affected software
jupyterhub
IBM Cognos Analytics
IBM Cognos Analytics
How to mitigate CVE-2024-41942
Install updates from vendor's website.
jupyterhub - addressed in versions 4.1.6, 5.1.0
IBM Cognos Analytics - addressed in versions 11.2.4 IF5, 12.0.4 IF2
IBM Cognos Analytics - addressed in versions 11.2.4 IF5, 12.0.4 IF2