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SCA: security update for jupyterhub-ltiauthenticator (GHSA-mcgx-2gcr-p3hp)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 420999

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - `jupyterhub-ltiauthenticator` is a JupyterHub authenticator for learning tools interoperability (LTI).
 LTI13Authenticator that was introduced in `jupyterhub-ltiauthenticator` 1.3.0 wasn't validating JWT
 signatures. This is believed to allow the LTI13Authenticator to authorize a forged request. Only users
 that has configured a JupyterHub installation to use the authenticator class `LTI13Authenticator` are
 affected. `jupyterhub-ltiauthenticator` version 1.4.0 removes LTI13Authenticator to address the issue. No
 known workarounds are available. (CVE-2023-25574)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mcgx-2gcr-p3hp

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 420999

Version: Revision 1.13

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 2/25/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-25574

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/25/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/25/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-25574

cwe: CWE-347