CVE-2026-40110 PUBLISHED

jupyter-server CORS origin validation bypass via unanchored regex in allow_origin_pat

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 09.04.2026 Published: 05.05.2026 Updated: 05.05.2026

Jupyter Server is the backend for Jupyter web applications. In versions 2.17.0 and earlier, the Origin header validation uses Python's re.match() to check incoming origins against the allow_origin_pat configuration value. Because re.match() only anchors at the start of the string and does not require a full match, a pattern intended to match only a trusted domain (e.g., trusted.example.com) will also match any origin that begins with that domain followed by additional characters (e.g., trusted.example.com.evil.com). An attacker who controls such a domain can bypass the CORS origin restriction and make cross-origin requests to the Jupyter Server API from an untrusted site. This issue has been fixed in version 2.18.0.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
CVSS Score: 7.6

Product Status

Vendor jupyter-server
Product jupyter_server
Versions
  • Version <= 2.17.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-777: Regular Expression without Anchors CWE