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CVE-2026-86049: Jupyter Server: 5xx request logging leaks token-bearing Referer header values

GitHub Advisories · officialPublished Sep 17, 2026Risk 37/100

### Summary When a request returns a 500, `jupyter_server/log.py` logs a small JSON block of request headers. The Referer header was copied into it as-is, so a token in the Referer URL ended up in the logs in plain text. ### Impact Anyone who can read the server logs can pick tokens out of these 500 entries. Tokens end up in the Referer during normal token-based login and launch flows. Affected: all versions before 2.21.0. ### PoC Any malformed request that returns a 500 works: ```bash curl -i -X POST \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -H 'Referer: http://127.0.0.1:8899/tree?token=REFERTOKEN' \ --data '{"name":123}' \ 'http://127.0.0.1:8899/api/kernels?token=VALIDTOKEN' ``` The log shows the token twice, once raw and once redacted: ``` "Referer": "http://127.0.0.1:8899/tree?token=REFERTOKEN", [E ... ServerApp] 500 POST /api/kernels?token=[secret] (...) referer=http://127.0.0.1:8899/tree?token=[secret] ``` ### Patches Fixed in 2.21.0 by 5251352. Header values are now scrubbed before the block is logged. Upgrade to 2.21.0 or later. ### Workarounds Limit who can read the server logs. If you can, avoid flows that put the token in the URL.

Upgrade affected packages to a patched version: jupyter_server 2.21.0.

Vendor
Not specified
Product
jupyter_server
Exploitation
none known
Evidence
official
CVSS
7.1

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