GHSA-8mxq-7xr7-2fxj
MEDIUMGHSA-8mxq-7xr7-2fxj is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.9) CWE-401 vulnerability in jupyterhub-ltiauthenticator. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-8mxq-7xr7-2fxj is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
LTI JupyterHub Authenticator: Unbounded Memory Growth via Nonce Storage (Denial of Service)
Blast Radius
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Description
Summary
The LTI 1.1 validator stores OAuth nonces in a class-level dictionary that grows without bounds. Nonces are added before signature validation, so an attacker with knowledge of a valid consumer key can send repeated requests with unique nonces to gradually exhaust server memory, causing a denial of service.
Patches
- upgrade jupyterhub-litauthenticator to 1.6.3
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | jupyterhub-ltiauthenticator | all versions | 1.6.3 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for jupyterhub-ltiauthenticator. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update jupyterhub-ltiauthenticator to 1.6.3 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-8mxq-7xr7-2fxj is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-8mxq-7xr7-2fxj is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to GHSA-8mxq-7xr7-2fxj. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-8mxq-7xr7-2fxj in your dependencies?
O3 detects GHSA-8mxq-7xr7-2fxj across PyPI dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.