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user-readable api tokens in systemd units

High
minrk published GHSA-cg54-gpgr-4rm6 Dec 7, 2020

Package

pip jupyterhub-systemdspawner (pip)

Affected versions

<0.15

Patched versions

0.15

Description

Impact

What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?

user API tokens issued to single-user servers are specified in the environment of systemd units, which are accessible to all users.

In particular, the-littlest-jupyterhub is affected, which uses systemdspawner by default.

Patches

Has the problem been patched? What versions should users upgrade to?

Patched in jupyterhub-systemdspawner v0.15

Workarounds

Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?

No workaround other than upgrading systemdspawner to 0.15

References

Are there any links users can visit to find out more?

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Severity

High

CVE ID

CVE-2020-26261

Weaknesses

No CWEs

Credits