Vulnerability · Published Jun 6, 2022 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2022-31027Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key when using CILogonOAuthenticator in oauthenticator

Medium 4.2

In plain English

A medium-severity authorization bypass via user-controlled key in oauthenticator from jupyterhub. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.2Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 58.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

OAuthenticator is an OAuth token library for the JupyerHub login handler. CILogonOAuthenticator is provided by the OAuthenticator package, and lets users log in to a JupyterHub via CILogon. This is primarily used to restrict a JupyterHub only to users of a given institute. The allowed_idps configuration trait of CILogonOAuthenticator is documented to be a list of domains that indicate the institutions whose users are authorized to access this JupyterHub. This authorization is validated by ensuring that the *email* field provided to us by CILogon has a *domain* that matches one of the domains listed in `allowed_idps`.If `allowed_idps` contains `berkeley.edu`, you might expect only users with valid current credentials provided by University of California, Berkeley to be able to access the JupyterHub. However, CILogonOAuthenticator does *not* verify which provider is used by the user to login, only the email address provided. So a user can login with a GitHub account that has email set to `<something>@berkeley.edu`, and that will be treated exactly the same as someone logging in using the UC Berkeley official Identity Provider. The patch fixing this issue makes a *breaking change* in how `allowed_idps` is interpreted. It's no longer a list of domains, but configuration representing the `EntityID` of the IdPs that are allowed, picked from the [list maintained by CILogon](https://cilogon.org/idplist/). Users are advised to upgrade.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
PyPIoauthenticator15.0.0GHSA-r7v4-jwx9-wx43
PyPIoauthenticator15.0.0PYSEC-2022-206

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
jupyterhub oauthenticator < 15.0.0

Weakness: CWE-639 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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