Server-side request forgery in netbox-community devicetype-library
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-829.
Summary
NetBox Device Type Library is a collection of community-sourced device type definitions for import into NetBox. In the affected repository revisions, NETBOX_DT_LIBRARY_URL in tests/test_configuration.py is a free-form tracked constant that an unauthenticated pull-request author can change before the validation test harness runs. During pytest collection, tests/definitions_test.py passes the value to Repo.clone_from and create_remote("upstream").fetch(), causing blind Git smart-HTTP requests to an attacker-selected host or loading attacker-controlled tests/known-*.json validation caches. The blind request cannot set arbitrary metadata-service headers or return response bodies, and this path does not execute remote Git hooks, but substituted known data can bypass slug, module, and rack uniqueness validation. This vulnerability is fixed in commit 8980c690097e92f5028c7e6df402b327d827ecd5.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| netbox-community | devicetype-library | before 8980c69 | 8980c69 | Patch available | CNA |
- devicetype-library Vendornetbox-community Affected before 8980c69 Fixed in 8980c69 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA devicetype-library (netbox-community) Fixed in 8980c69
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-54918
References
More netbox-community vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-39558 Deserialization of untrusted data in netbox-community devicetype-library CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2026-23330 NetBox 4.3.5 - 4.5.4 RCE via RenderTemplateMixin CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-39924 Code injection in netbox-community devicetype-library CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-58964 NetBox through 4.7.0 Credential Disclosure via REST and GraphQL APIs CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-84457 Broken access control in NetBox bulk component creation CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2026-39685 Uncontrolled search path in netbox-community devicetype-library CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
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