FirstUseAuthenticator is a JupyterHub authenticator that helps new users set their password on their first login to JupyterHub. When JupyterHub is used with FirstUseAuthenticator, a vulnerability in versions prior to 1.0.0 allows unauthorized access to any user's account if `create_users=True` and the username is known or guessed. One may upgrade to version 1.0.0 or apply a patch manually to mitigate the vulnerability. For those who cannot upgrade, there is no complete workaround, but a partial mitigation exists. One can disable user creation with `c.FirstUseAuthenticator.create_users = False`, which will only allow login with fully normalized usernames for already existing users prior to jupyterhub-firstuserauthenticator 1.0.0. If any users have never logged in with their normalized username (i.e. lowercase), they will still be vulnerable until a patch or upgrade occurs.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2021-10-28T19:40:12

Updated: 2024-08-04T03:08:31.328Z

Reserved: 2021-09-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-41194

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-10-28T20:15:07.680

Modified: 2021-11-03T12:26:50.987

Link: CVE-2021-41194

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