GHSA-whvh-wf3x-g77j: JupyterLab: Allowlist/blocklist check in `PyPIExtensionManager.install()` not enforced for direct callers (missing `await`)
The extension allowlist/blocklist check inside PyPIExtensionManager.install() was not enforced due to a missing await. For purposes of JupyterLab this was a secondary defense-in-depth check: install() was intended to enforce the allowlist/blocklist itself for any future uses and users calling this method directly (in addition to the separate check handling requests arriving through the HTTP API). The only runtime symptom was a RuntimeWarning: coroutine 'is_install_allowed' was never awaited.
This has security implications only for deployments that combine all of the following:
- a custom extension or downstream integration that imports
PyPIExtensionManagerand callsinstall()directly with a package name influenced by untrusted user input (the stock JupyterLab HTTP handler is not affected - it performs its own awaited allowlist check before callinginstall()); - an allowlist/blocklist configured with the intent of restricting which packages users can install;
- the (default) PyPI Extension Manager enabled; and
- kernels and terminals disabled or delegated to remote hosts, so that the custom extension’s
install()call is the only available package-install vector (otherwise a user with kernel access can install packages directly regardless of this check)
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-whvh-wf3x-g77j
- github.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab/commit/be9303f5bcd5308eaeae953c5a3c903046682c2c
- github.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab/commit/f1beab4a2027af4719d6edc07d52d6cf5a39a432
- github.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab/pull/19184
- github.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab/pull/19185
- github.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab/pull/19186
- github.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab/releases/tag/v4.5.10
- github.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab/releases/tag/v4.6.2
- github.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab/security/advisories/GHSA-whvh-wf3x-g77j
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