GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-fcr8-4r9f-r66m nbgrader's `frame-ancestors: self` grants all users access to formgrader

HIGH Published 2025-01-17 Modified 2025-01-17 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2025-23205
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
nbgrader
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weaknesses
CWE-1021, CWE-668
Reviewed
2025-01-17

Affected packages

• PyPI nbgrader: >= 0.9.4, < 0.9.5 → fixed in 0.9.5

Description

Impact Enabling frame-ancestors: 'self' grants any JupyterHub user the ability to extract formgrader content by sending malicious links to users with access to formgrader, at least when using the default JupyterHub configuration of `enable_subdomains = False`. 1915 disables a protection which would allow user Alice to craft a page embedding formgrader in an IFrame. If Bob visits that page, his credentials will be sent and the formgrader page loaded. Because Alice's page is on the same Origin as the formgrader iframe, Javasript on Alice's page has _full access_ to the contents of the page served by formgrader using Bob's credentials. Workarounds • Disable `frame-ancestors: self`, or • enable per-user and per-service subdomains with `JupyterHub.enable_subdomains = True` (then even if embedding in an IFrame is allowed, the host page does not have access to the contents of the frame). References JupyterHub documentation on why and when `frame-ancestors: self` is insecure, and why it was disabled by default: https://jupyterhub.readthedocs.io/en/stable/explanation/websecurity.html#:~:text=frame-ancestors

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2025-23205 nbgrader is a system for assigning and grading notebooks. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-1021 Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames weakness
  • CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere weakness

References