#VU103634 Improper privilege management in jupyterhub - CVE-2024-41942
Published: February 5, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU103634
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
jupyterhub
jupyterhub
Software vendor:
jupyterhub
jupyterhub
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
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.