Description
JupyterHub is software that allows one to create a multi-user server for Jupyter notebooks. Prior to versions 4.1.6 and 5.1.0, if a user is granted the `admin:users` scope, they may escalate their own privileges by making themselves a full admin user. The impact is relatively small in that `admin:users` is already an extremely privileged scope only granted to trusted users.
In effect, `admin:users` is equivalent to `admin=True`, which is not intended. Note that the change here only prevents escalation to the built-in JupyterHub admin role that has unrestricted permissions. It does not prevent users with e.g. `groups` permissions from granting themselves or other users permissions via group membership, which is intentional. Versions 4.1.6 and 5.1.0 fix this issue.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| jupyterhub | jupyterhub | < 4.1.6, >= 5.0.0, < 5.1.0 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | jupyterhub | 5.2.1+ds1-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | jupyterhub | 5.2.1+ds1-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | jupyterhub | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | jupyterhub | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | jupyterhub | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | jupyterhub | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | jupyterhub | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | jupyterhub | No fix yet | — |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | py3-jupyterhub | 5.1.0-r0 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | jupyterhub | < 4.1.6 | 4.1.6 | GHSA-9x4q-3gxw-849f |
| PyPI | jupyterhub | >= 5.0.0, < 5.1.0 | 5.1.0 | GHSA-9x4q-3gxw-849f |