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GHSA-WPXJ-44W3-2J6X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-13 15:30 – Updated: 2026-06-09 02:01

Summary

Nautobot: REST API permits creation of GenericForeignKey references to objects that the user should not be able to reference

Details

Impact

In the case of inter-object references via GenericForeignKey (a pattern allowing an object to reference another object that may belong to one of several different "content types" or database tables), when creating or updating an object containing a GenericForeignKey, Nautobot's REST API failed to enforce user "view" permissions when determining whether a given reference to another object would be valid.

As a concrete example, a user:

who has permission to create or update ImageAttachment records
but who lacks permission to view (some or all) Device records
but who knows (via some other mechanism) the UUID of a specific Device that they do not otherwise have access to

could create via the REST API an ImageAttachment linked to that specific Device.

Other models that use GenericForeignKey and may be writable via the REST API, and hence have a similar vulnerability to ImageAttachment, may include:

ApprovalWorkflow
Cable
ConfigContext
ContactAssociation
DataCompliance
Device
ExportTemplate
GraphQLQuery
Note
ObjectMetadata
RelationshipAssociation
StaticGroupAssociation
VirtualMachine

Additionally, any Nautobot Apps that provide models with a REST API and use GenericForeignKey may have a similar vulnerability for their models.

Patches

A general-purpose fix has been implemented in Nautobot 2.4.33 and 3.1.2, which ensures correct application of "view" permissions when creating or modifying object references via GenericForeignKey throughout the REST API. Individual models/views/serializers generally will not require any specific code changes to benefit from this fix.

Workarounds

No known workarounds at this time.

References

2.4.33 (patch)
3.1.2 (patch)

Severity

5.4 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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}

CVE-2026-44794 (GCVE-0-2026-44794)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-28 17:01 – Updated: 2026-05-30 02:02

Title

Nautobot: REST API permits creation of GenericForeignKey references to objects that the user should not be able to reference

Summary

Nautobot is a Network Source of Truth and Network Automation Platform. Prior to 2.4.33 and 3.1.2, in the case of inter-object references via GenericForeignKey (a pattern allowing an object to reference another object that may belong to one of several different "content types" or database tables), when creating or updating an object containing a GenericForeignKey, Nautobot's REST API failed to enforce user "view" permissions when determining whether a given reference to another object would be valid. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.4.33 and 3.1.2.

Severity

5.4 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/security/adv…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/commit/36cde…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/commit/9918b…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/releases/tag…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/releases/tag…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
nautobot	nautobot	Affected: >= 3.0.0a2, < 3.1.2 Affected: < 2.4.33

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Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2026-44794 (GCVE-0-2026-44794)

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