SB2025020520 - Improper privilege management in jupyterhub jupyterhub



SB2025020520 - Improper privilege management in jupyterhub jupyterhub

Published: February 5, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025020520
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Improper privilege management (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-41942)

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.