Advisory record · GHSA-c3mw-737p-c7g2

Jupyter Server: 5xx request logging leaks token-bearing Referer header values

CVSS 7.1 HighEPSS 0.0042 · 36th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 17 Sept 2026, 20:28 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
jupyter-serverPyPI<2.21.02.21.0
Identifiers
GHSA-c3mw-737p-c7g2 · CVE-2026-86049 · PYSEC-2026-4054
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-532
Published
17 Sept 2026
Updated
1 Oct 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Jupyter Server versions before 2.21.0 write request headers, including the Referer, into the server log when a request returns a 500, so a token carried in the Referer URL appears in plain text. An attacker who can read the server logs can extract those tokens, and the source notes that tokens reach the Referer during normal token-based login and launch flows. Upgrade jupyter-server to 2.21.0 or later. Until then, restrict who can read the server logs and avoid flows that place the token in the URL.

Written 1 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
7.1 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CNA (GitHub_M)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0042, the 36th percentile, on 15 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:09 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:09 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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