{"id":"PYSEC-2026-69","details":"Jupyter Server is the backend for Jupyter web applications. In versions 2.17.0 and earlier, the secret used to sign authentication cookies is persisted to a static file at ~/.local/share/jupyter/runtime/jupyter_cookie_secret and is never rotated when a user changes their password. After a password reset and server restart, any previously issued authentication cookie remains cryptographically valid because the signing key has not changed. An attacker who has captured a session cookie through any means retains full authenticated access to the server regardless of subsequent password changes. This affects deployments using password-based authentication, particularly shared or public-facing servers where credential rotation is expected to revoke existing sessions. This issue has been fixed in version 2.18.0.","aliases":["CVE-2026-40934","GHSA-5mrq-x3x5-8v8f"],"modified":"2026-05-20T09:19:02.981614Z","published":"2026-05-05T22:16:00.820Z","references":[{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server/security/advisories/GHSA-5mrq-x3x5-8v8f"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"jupyter-server","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/jupyter-server"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.18.0"}]}],"versions":["0.0.0","0.0.1","0.0.2","0.0.3","0.0.4","0.0.5","0.1.0","0.1.1","0.2.0","0.2.1","0.3.0","1.0.0","1.0.0rc0","1.0.0rc1","1.0.0rc10","1.0.0rc11","1.0.0rc12","1.0.0rc13","1.0.0rc14","1.0.0rc15","1.0.0rc16","1.0.0rc2","1.0.0rc3","1.0.0rc4","1.0.0rc5","1.0.0rc6","1.0.0rc7","1.0.0rc8","1.0.0rc9","1.0.1","1.0.10","1.0.11","1.0.2","1.0.3","1.0.4","1.0.5","1.0.6","1.0.7","1.0.8","1.0.9","1.1.0","1.1.1","1.1.2","1.1.3","1.1.4","1.10.0","1.10.1","1.10.2","1.11.0","1.11.1","1.11.2","1.12.0","1.12.1","1.13.0","1.13.1","1.13.2","1.13.3","1.13.4","1.13.5","1.15.0","1.15.1","1.15.2","1.15.3","1.15.4","1.15.5","1.15.6","1.16.0","1.17.0","1.17.1","1.18.0","1.18.1","1.19.0","1.19.1","1.2.0","1.2.1","1.2.2","1.2.3","1.21.0","1.23.0","1.23.1","1.23.2","1.23.3","1.23.4","1.23.5","1.23.6","1.24.0","1.3.0","1.4.0","1.4.1","1.5.0","1.5.1","1.6.0","1.6.1","1.6.2","1.6.3","1.6.4","1.7.0","1.7.0a1","1.7.0a2","1.8.0","1.9.0","2.0.0","2.0.0a0","2.0.0a1","2.0.0a2","2.0.0b0","2.0.0b1","2.0.0rc0","2.0.0rc1","2.0.0rc2","2.0.0rc3","2.0.0rc4","2.0.0rc5","2.0.0rc6","2.0.0rc7","2.0.0rc8","2.0.1","2.0.2","2.0.3","2.0.4","2.0.5","2.0.6","2.0.7","2.1.0","2.10.0","2.10.1","2.11.0","2.11.1","2.11.2","2.12.0","2.12.1","2.12.2","2.12.3","2.12.4","2.12.5","2.13.0","2.14.0","2.14.1","2.14.2","2.15.0","2.16.0","2.17.0","2.2.0","2.2.1","2.3.0","2.4.0","2.5.0","2.6.0","2.7.0","2.7.1","2.7.2","2.7.3","2.8.0","2.9.0","2.9.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/jupyter-server/PYSEC-2026-69.yaml"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"}]}