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jupyterhub — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: UBUNTU-CVE-2026-108752

JupyterHub through 6.0.1 contains an identifier collision vulnerability that allows authenticated users to overwrite another user's named-server OAuth client by registering a hyphenated username. Attackers holding a name like alice-prod can overwrite the client for alice's server prod, breaking OAuth login and revoking tokens by stopping their own server.

Products
jupyterhub
Affected versions
2.0.0+ds1-1, 2.0.0+ds1-2, 3.0.0+ds1-1, 5.2.1+ds1-4, 5.2.1+ds1-5
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-108752
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 02:54 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-108752

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Oct 2026, 13:17 UTC

JupyterHub through 6.0.1 contains an identifier collision vulnerability that allows authenticated users to overwrite another user's named-server OAuth client by registering a hyphenated username. Attackers holding a name like alice-prod can overwrite the client for alice's server prod, breaking OAuth login and revoking tokens by stopping their own server.

osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-108752

jupyterhub

Fixed versions: Not specified

jupyterhub

Fixed versions: Not specified

jupyterhub

Fixed versions: Not specified

jupyterhub

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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        "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-108752",
        "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-108752",
        "https://github.com/jupyterhub/jupyterhub",
        "https://github.com/jupyterhub/jupyterhub/blob/3e516c6f382b481e815ec455befb2f14d80d337b/jupyterhub/oauth/provider.py#L719-L754",
        "https://github.com/jupyterhub/jupyterhub/blob/3e516c6f382b481e815ec455befb2f14d80d337b/jupyterhub/user.py#L1174-L1186",
        "https://github.com/jupyterhub/jupyterhub/blob/3e516c6f382b481e815ec455befb2f14d80d337b/jupyterhub/user.py#L563-L567",
        "https://hackmd.io/@haind/jupyterhub-oauth-client-id-cross-user-collision",
        "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/jupyterhub-through-6.0.1-oauth-client-id-collision-via-unescaped-hyphen"
      ]
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