Improper privilege management in jupyterhub - CVE-2024-41942
Published: February 5, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU103634
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-41942
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: jupyterhub
Affected software:
jupyterhub
jupyterhub
Detailed vulnerability description
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
How to mitigate CVE-2024-41942
Install updates from vendor's website.