Headline
GHSA-mcgx-2gcr-p3hp: LTI JupyterHub Authenticator does not properly validate JWT Signature
Impact
Only users that has configured a JupyterHub installation to use the authenticator class LTI13Authenticator are influenced.
LTI13Authenticator that was introduced in jupyterhub-ltiauthenticator 1.3.0 wasn’t validating JWT signatures. This is believed to allow the LTI13Authenticator to authorize a forged request granting access to existing and new user identities.
Patches
None.
Workarounds
None.
References
- This code segment didn’t validate a JWT signature.
Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.