Jupyter server Token bruteforcing

Affects: Notebook and Lab between 6.4.0?(potentially earlier) and 6.4.11 (currently latest). Jupyter Server <=1.16.0. If I am correct about the responsible code it will affect Jupyter-Server 1.17.0 and 2.0.0a0 as well. Description: If notebook server is started with a value of `root_dir` that contains the starting user's home directory, then the underlying REST API can be used to leak the access token assigned at start time by guessing/brute forcing the PID of the jupyter server. While this requires an authenticated user session, this url can be used from an xss payload (as in CVE-2021-32798) or from a hooked or otherwise compromised browser to leak this access token to a malicious third party. This token can be used along with the REST API to interact with Jupyter services/notebooks such as modifying or overwriting critical files, such as .bashrc or .ssh/authorized_keys, allowing a malicious user to read potentially sensitive data and possibly gain control of the impacted system.

CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity from

GitHub (reviewed advisory)

Also known as

CVE-2022-29241, PYSEC-2022-211

• github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server/security/advisories/GHSA-q874-g24w-4q9g
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29241
• github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server/commit/3485007abbb459585357212dcaa20521989272e8
• github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server/commit/877da10cd0d7ae45f8b1e385fa1f5a335e7adf1f
• github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server
• github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/jupyter-server/PYSEC-2022-211.yaml