Nautobot has XSS potential in rendered Markdown fields
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · High · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Nautobot is a Network Source of Truth and Network Automation Platform built as a web application. All users of Nautobot versions earlier than 1.6.10 or 2.1.2 are potentially impacted by a cross-site scripting vulnerability. Due to inadequate input sanitization, any user-editable fields that support Markdown rendering, including are potentially susceptible to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via maliciously crafted data. This issue is fixed in Nautobot versions 1.6.10 and 2.1.2.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nautobot | nautobot | 2.0.0 to before 2.1.2; before 1.6.10 | 2.1.2, 1.6.10 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | nautobot (PyPI) | 2.0.0 to before 2.1.2 | 2.1.2 | Patch available | GHSA-v4xv-795h-rv4h |
| — | nautobot (PyPI) | before 1.6.10 | 1.6.10 | Patch available | GHSA-v4xv-795h-rv4h |
- nautobot Vendornautobot Affected 2.0.0 to before 2.1.2; before 1.6.10 Fixed in 2.1.2, 1.6.10 Patch available CNA
- nautobot (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.0.0 to before 2.1.2 Fixed in 2.1.2 Patch available GHSA-v4xv-795h-rv4h
- nautobot (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 1.6.10 Fixed in 1.6.10 Patch available GHSA-v4xv-795h-rv4h
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:networktocode:nautobot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 1.6.10; 2.0.0 to before 2.1.2 | Vulnerable | Networktocode |
- cpe:2.3:a:networktocode:nautobot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.6.10; 2.0.0 to before 2.1.2 Vulnerable ·Networktocode
Remediation
- Fix · CNA nautobot (nautobot) Fixed in 2.1.2, 1.6.10
- Fix · GHSA-v4xv-795h-rv4h nautobot (PyPI) Fixed in 2.1.2 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-v4xv-795h-rv4h nautobot (PyPI) Fixed in 1.6.10 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-23345
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v4xv-795h-rv4h
References
Patch 4
Advisory 2
More nautobot vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-10938 Remote code execution in Jinja2 template rendering in Nautobot CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-32681 Nautobot: Webhook definitions could be used for server-side request forgery (SSRF) CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
- TI-2024-23004 Nautobot's BANNER_* configuration can be used to inject arbitrary HTML content into Nautobot pages CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-21845 Reflected Cross-site Scripting potential in all object list views in Nautobot CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-26544 nautobot has XSS potential in custom links, job buttons, and computed fields CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-32682 Nautobot: GitRepository.current_head field should not be writable through REST API CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
Sources
- CVE-2024-23345 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-23345 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v4xv-795h-rv4h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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