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High · 8.8 CVE-2026-114135 EUVD-2026-107544GHSA-354v-3q48-cv69

Jupyter Server: Gateway WebSocket handler bypasses kernel execute authorization

Published Oct 21, 2026 · Updated Oct 28, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Jupyter Server is the backend for Jupyter web applications. From 2.0.0 until 2.6.0, enabling GatewayClient.url replaced the normal KernelWebsocketHandler with WebSocketChannelsHandler, which authenticated the user but did not call authorizer.is_authorized(...) for the execute action on the kernels resource. A restricted authenticated user could therefore open an upstream kernel channel and obtain kernel execution despite the configured Authorizer denying that action, exposing data and credentials available to the kernel and permitting modification or disruption of the kernel environment. The default gateway configuration is fixed in version 2.6.0. In 2.6.0 and later, the same authorization bypass remains possible when a deployment manually registers the deprecated jupyter_server.gateway.handlers module, because its handler still omits the configured kernel-execute authorization decision.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
jupyter-server jupyter_server >= 2.0.0, < 2.6.0 —

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 jupyter-server No fix yet —
Debian 13 jupyter-server No fix yet —
Debian 12 jupyter-server No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 jupyter-server No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS jupyter-server No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS jupyter-server No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS jupyter-server No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI jupyter-server >= 2.0.0, < 2.6.0 2.6.0 GHSA-354v-3q48-cv69

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