Jupyter Enterprise Gateway Has Kubernetes Manifest Injection via Jinja2 Template Rendering
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
Jupyter Enterprise Gateway launches remote Jupyter Notebook kernels across distributed clusters like Apache Spark, Kubernetes, and Docker Swarm. In versions prior to 3.3.0, the server interpolates untrusted environment variables (e.g., KERNEL_XXX) into Kubernetes manifests without YAML-aware escaping, enabling YAML injection attacks. Attackers can inject new fields, overwrite critical fields (e.g., duplicate securityContext keys, where the last one prevails), and inject document boundaries (--- for new documents, ... for end-of-document) to generate multiple resources, potentially creating arbitrary types, such as privileged pods. The Jinja2 template for the Kubernetes manifest contains several kernel_xxx variables, such as kernel_working_dir that are used when rendering the manifest and are all vectors for YAML injection. This issue has been fixed in version 3.3.0.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| jupyterlab | enterprise_gateway | before 3.3.0 | 3.3.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | jupyter_enterprise_gateway (PyPI) | before 3.3.0 | 3.3.0 | Patch available | GHSA-cfw7-6c5v-2wjq |
- enterprise_gateway Vendorjupyterlab Affected before 3.3.0 Fixed in 3.3.0 Patch available CNA
- jupyter_enterprise_gateway (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 3.3.0 Fixed in 3.3.0 Patch available GHSA-cfw7-6c5v-2wjq
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:jupyter:enterprise_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 3.3.0 | Vulnerable | jupyterlab |
- cpe:2.3:a:jupyter:enterprise_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.3.0 Vulnerable ·jupyterlab
Remediation
- Fix · CNA enterprise_gateway (jupyter-server) Fixed in 3.3.0
- Fix · GHSA-cfw7-6c5v-2wjq jupyter_enterprise_gateway (PyPI) Fixed in 3.3.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-44182
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cfw7-6c5v-2wjq
- 2026-10-26 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More jupyterlab Enterprise Gateway vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-32160 Jupyter Enterprise Gateway: Jinja2 Template Server Side Template Injection results in Remote Code Execution CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-32159 Jupyter Enterprise Gateway: ContainerProcessProxy._enforce_prohibited_ids can be Bypassed CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-44182 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-44182 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cfw7-6c5v-2wjq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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