GHSA-wpxj-44w3-2j6x

Suggest an improvement
Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wpxj-44w3-2j6x
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/05/GHSA-wpxj-44w3-2j6x/GHSA-wpxj-44w3-2j6x.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-wpxj-44w3-2j6x
Aliases
Published
2026-05-13T15:30:46Z
Modified
2026-07-13T07:26:41Z
Severity
  • 5.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
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

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-862"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-05-13T15:30:46Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2026-05-28T18:16:33Z",
    "severity":  "MODERATE"
}
References

Affected packages

PyPI / nautobot

Package

Name
nautobot
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:pypi/nautobot

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.0.0a2
Fixed
3.1.2

Affected versions

3.*
3.0.0a2
3.0.0a3
3.0.0rc1
3.0.0rc2
3.0.0
3.0.1
3.0.2
3.0.3
3.0.4
3.0.5
3.0.6
3.0.7
3.0.8
3.0.9
3.0.10
3.0.11
3.1.0a1
3.1.0a2
3.1.0a3
3.1.0a4
3.1.0a5
3.1.0
3.1.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/05/GHSA-wpxj-44w3-2j6x/GHSA-wpxj-44w3-2j6x.json"

PyPI / nautobot

Package

Name
nautobot
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:pypi/nautobot

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.33

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0a1
1.0.0a2
1.0.0b1
1.0.0b2
1.0.0b3
1.0.0b4
1.0.0
1.0.1
1.0.2
1.0.3
1.1.0
1.1.1
1.1.2
1.1.3
1.1.4
1.1.5
1.1.6
1.2.0
1.2.1
1.2.2
1.2.3
1.2.4
1.2.5
1.2.6
1.2.7
1.2.8
1.2.9
1.2.10
1.2.11
1.3.0
1.3.1
1.3.2
1.3.3
1.3.4
1.3.5
1.3.6
1.3.7
1.3.8
1.3.9
1.3.10
1.4.0
1.4.1
1.4.2
1.4.3
1.4.4
1.4.5
1.4.7
1.4.8
1.4.9
1.4.10
1.5.0
1.5.1
1.5.2
1.5.3
1.5.4
1.5.5
1.5.6
1.5.7
1.5.8
1.5.9
1.5.10
1.5.11
1.5.12
1.5.13
1.5.14
1.5.15
1.5.16
1.5.17
1.5.18
1.5.19
1.5.20
1.5.21
1.5.22
1.5.23
1.5.24
1.6.0
1.6.1
1.6.2
1.6.3
1.6.4
1.6.5
1.6.6
1.6.7
1.6.8
1.6.9
1.6.10
1.6.11
1.6.12
1.6.13
1.6.14
1.6.15
1.6.16
1.6.17
1.6.18
1.6.19
1.6.20
1.6.21
1.6.22
1.6.23
1.6.24
1.6.25
1.6.26
1.6.27
1.6.28
1.6.29
1.6.30
1.6.31
1.6.32
2.*
2.0.0
2.0.1
2.0.2
2.0.3
2.0.4
2.0.5
2.0.6
2.1.0b1
2.1.0
2.1.1
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.1.4
2.1.5
2.1.6
2.1.7
2.1.8
2.1.9
2.2.0b1
2.2.0
2.2.1
2.2.2
2.2.3
2.2.4
2.2.5
2.2.6
2.2.7
2.2.8
2.2.9
2.3.0b1
2.3.0
2.3.1
2.3.2
2.3.3
2.3.4
2.3.5
2.3.6
2.3.7
2.3.8
2.3.9
2.3.10
2.3.11
2.3.12
2.3.13
2.3.14
2.3.15b1
2.3.15
2.3.16
2.4.0b1
2.4.0
2.4.1
2.4.2
2.4.3
2.4.4
2.4.5
2.4.6
2.4.7
2.4.8
2.4.9
2.4.10
2.4.11
2.4.12
2.4.13
2.4.14
2.4.15
2.4.16
2.4.17
2.4.18
2.4.19
2.4.20
2.4.21
2.4.22
2.4.23
2.4.24
2.4.25
2.4.26
2.4.27
2.4.28
2.4.29
2.4.30
2.4.31
2.4.32

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/05/GHSA-wpxj-44w3-2j6x/GHSA-wpxj-44w3-2j6x.json"