High

Jupyter Server has a CORS Origin Validation Bypass via `re.match()` in `allow_origin_pat`

  • Disclosed: 05.05.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 15:17

Jupyter Server uses re.match() to validate the Origin header against the allow_origin_pat configuration.

Since re.match() only anchors at the start of the string, an attacker who controls a domain like http://trusted.example.com.evil.com/ passes validation against a pattern intended to match only trusted.example.com.

Impact

<=2.17.0

Patches

057869a327c46730afede3eab0ca2d2e3e74acea, 49b34392feaa97735b3b777e3baf8f22f2a14ed8

Workarounds

Wrap your allow_origin_pat value with ^ and $

References

https://github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server/pull/603 https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html#re.fullmatch https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html#re.match

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Python (PyPI) jupyter-server < 2.18.0 2.18.0

References

CVSS score -
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
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-625, CWE-777
Platform
Python (PyPI)
Package
jupyter-server
Disclosed
05.05.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 15:17

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2026-2187 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-24qx-w28j-9m6p - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: jupyter-server

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Python (PyPI)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (14) in the archive
Total entries
14
First → latest
11.2020 09.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 1
  • High 7
  • Medium 6

Disclosures per year

  1. 2020: 2
  2. 2021: 0
  3. 2022: 2
  4. 2023: 3
  5. 2024: 1
  6. 2025: 0
  7. 2026: 6
Severity:
  1. Jupyter Server has a CORS Origin Validation Bypass via `re.match()` in `allow_origin_pat` this entry
    High CVE-2026-40110 < 2.18.0 2.18.0
  2. High · 7.5 CVE-2024-35178 < 2.14.1 2.14.1
  3. High · 7.1 CVE-2022-29241 < 1.17.1, >= 2.0.0a0, < 2.0.0a1 1.17.1, 2.0.0a1

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