CVE-2020-26250: OAuthenticator is an OAuth login mechanism for JupyterHub. In oauthenticator from version 0.12.0 and before 0.12.2, the deprecated (in jupyterhub 1.2)…

PriorityP337medium6.3CVSS 3.1

AVNACHPRLUINSCCHINAN

EPSS

1.11%

61.8th percentile

OAuthenticator is an OAuth login mechanism for JupyterHub. In oauthenticator from version 0.12.0 and before 0.12.2, the deprecated (in jupyterhub 1.2) configuration `Authenticator.whitelist`, which should be transparently mapped to `Authenticator.allowed_users` with a warning, is instead ignored by OAuthenticator classes, resulting in the same behavior as if this configuration has not been set. If this is the only mechanism of authorization restriction (i.e. no group or team restrictions in configuration) then all authenticated users will be allowed. Provider-based restrictions, including deprecated values such as `GitHubOAuthenticator.org_whitelist` are **not** affected. All users of OAuthenticator 0.12.0 and 0.12.1 with JupyterHub 1.2 (JupyterHub Helm chart 0.10.0-0.10.5) who use the `admin.whitelist.users` configuration in the jupyterhub helm chart or the `c.Authenticator.whitelist` configuration directly. Users of other deprecated configuration, e.g. `c.GitHubOAuthenticator.team_whitelist` are **not** affected. If you see a log line like this and expect a specific list of allowed usernames: "[I 2020-11-27 16:51:54.528 JupyterHub app:1717] Not using allowed_users. Any authenticated user will be allowed." you are likely affected. Updating oauthenticator to 0.12.2 is recommended. A workaround is to replace the deprecated `c.Authenticator.whitelist = ...` with `c.Authenticator.allowed_users = ...`. If any users have been authorized during this time who should not have been, they must be deleted via the API or admin interface, per the referenced documentation.

Affected

4 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
jupyter	oauthenticator	>= 0.12.0 < 0.12.2	0.12.2
jupyterhub	oauthenticator	—	—
jupyterhub	oauthenticator	>= 0 < a4aac191c16cf6281f3d346615aefa75702b02d7	a4aac191c16cf6281f3d346615aefa75702b02d7
jupyterhub	oauthenticator	>= 0.12.0 < 0.12.2	0.12.2

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvdv2.03.5LOWAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

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