JupyterLab Git Plugin up to 0.53.x handlers.py GitHandler.prepare improper authentication

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in JupyterLab Git Plugin up to 0.53.x. Impacted is the function GitHandler.prepare of the file jupyterlab_git/handlers.py of the component Git Handler. Such manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-54528. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in JupyterLab Git Plugin up to 0.53.x. Affected by this issue is the function GitHandler.prepare of the file jupyterlab_git/handlers.py of the component Git Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

JupyterLab Git is a Git extension for JupyterLab. Prior to 0.54.0, jupyterlab-git uses fnmatch.fnmatchcase() in GitHandler.prepare() in jupyterlab_git/handlers.py to enforce excluded_paths, allowing an authenticated user on a case-insensitive filesystem to vary URL path casing and read excluded directories. This issue is fixed in version 0.54.0.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-54528 since 06/15/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 0.54.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Versioning Software

Vendor

• JupyterLab

Name

• Git Plugin

Version

• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9
• 0.10
• 0.11
• 0.12
• 0.13
• 0.14
• 0.15
• 0.16
• 0.17
• 0.18
• 0.19
• 0.20
• 0.21
• 0.22
• 0.23
• 0.24
• 0.25
• 0.26
• 0.27
• 0.28
• 0.29
• 0.30
• 0.31
• 0.32
• 0.33
• 0.34
• 0.35
• 0.36
• 0.37
• 0.38
• 0.39
• 0.40
• 0.41
• 0.42
• 0.43
• 0.44
• 0.45
• 0.46
• 0.47
• 0.48
• 0.49
• 0.50
• 0.51
• 0.52
• 0.53

License

• open-source

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