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PYSEC-2026-3853

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-09-10 09:44 - Updated: 2026-09-10 11:02
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Details

Impact

Invalid input to login resulted in unbounded logging output. Only form-based Authenticators (the default PAM Authenticator, but not the more widely used OAuthenticator) are affected.

Patches

Upgrade to 5.5.0.

Workarounds

Use an Authenticator that doesn't use a login form, such as OAuthenticator.

Impacted products
Name purl
jupyterhub pkg:pypi/jupyterhub

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "jupyterhub",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/jupyterhub"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.5.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.1.0",
        "0.2.0",
        "0.3.0",
        "0.4.0",
        "0.4.1",
        "0.5.0",
        "0.6.0",
        "0.6.1",
        "0.7.0",
        "0.7.0b1",
        "0.7.1",
        "0.7.2",
        "0.8.0",
        "0.8.0b1",
        "0.8.0b2",
        "0.8.0b3",
        "0.8.0b4",
        "0.8.0b5",
        "0.8.0rc1",
        "0.8.0rc2",
        "0.8.1",
        "0.9.0",
        "0.9.0b1",
        "0.9.0b2",
        "0.9.0b3",
        "0.9.0rc1",
        "0.9.1",
        "0.9.2",
        "0.9.3",
        "0.9.4",
        "0.9.5",
        "0.9.6",
        "1.0.0",
        "1.0.0b1",
        "1.0.0b2",
        "1.1.0",
        "1.1.0b1",
        "1.2.0",
        "1.2.0b1",
        "1.2.1",
        "1.2.2",
        "1.3.0",
        "1.4.0",
        "1.4.1",
        "1.4.2",
        "1.5.0",
        "1.5.1",
        "2.0.0",
        "2.0.0b1",
        "2.0.0b2",
        "2.0.0b3",
        "2.0.0rc1",
        "2.0.0rc2",
        "2.0.0rc3",
        "2.0.0rc4",
        "2.0.0rc5",
        "2.0.1",
        "2.0.2",
        "2.1.0",
        "2.1.1",
        "2.2.0",
        "2.2.1",
        "2.2.2",
        "2.3.0",
        "2.3.1",
        "3.0.0",
        "3.0.0b1",
        "3.1.0",
        "3.1.1",
        "4.0.0",
        "4.0.0b1",
        "4.0.0b2",
        "4.0.1",
        "4.0.2",
        "4.1.0",
        "4.1.1",
        "4.1.2",
        "4.1.3",
        "4.1.4",
        "4.1.5",
        "4.1.6",
        "5.0.0",
        "5.0.0b1",
        "5.0.0b2",
        "5.1.0",
        "5.2.0",
        "5.2.1",
        "5.3.0",
        "5.3.0rc0",
        "5.4.0",
        "5.4.1",
        "5.4.2",
        "5.4.3",
        "5.4.4",
        "5.4.5",
        "5.4.6"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-54338",
    "GHSA-p43p-whwx-q52h"
  ],
  "details": "### Impact\n\nInvalid input to login resulted in unbounded logging output. Only form-based Authenticators (the default PAM Authenticator, but not the more widely used OAuthenticator) are affected.\n\n### Patches\n\nUpgrade to 5.5.0.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nUse an Authenticator that doesn\u0027t use a login form, such as OAuthenticator.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2026-3853",
  "modified": "2026-09-10T11:02:10.150719Z",
  "published": "2026-09-10T09:44:57.193967Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/jupyterhub/jupyterhub/security/advisories/GHSA-p43p-whwx-q52h"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54338"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/jupyterhub/jupyterhub/commit/d6dc595f84b7509969686da31d87d6d69e7fce0a"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/jupyterhub/jupyterhub"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/jupyterhub"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p43p-whwx-q52h"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "JupyterHub has Unauthenticated Denial of Service via Unbounded Username Logging on Failed Login"
}



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