CVE-2023-48700 Clear Text Credentials Exposed via Onboarding Task
Attackers can view clear-text device credentials in job results, exposing sensitive network access details to unauthorized users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-48700?
CVE-2023-48700 is a medium-severity vulnerability in nautobot-plugin-device-onboarding, published on 21 Nov 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Nautobot Device Onboarding plugin uses the netmiko and NAPALM libraries to simplify the onboarding process of a new device into Nautobot down to, in many cases, an IP Address and a Location. Starting in version 2.0.0 and prior to version 3.0.0, credentials provided to onboarding task are visible via Job Results from an execution of an Onboarding Task. Version 3.0.0 fixes this issue; no known workarounds are available. Mitigation recommendations include deleting all Job Results for any onboarding task to remove clear text credentials from database entries that were run while on v2.0.X, upgrading to v3.0.0, and rotating any exposed credentials.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-48700?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including nautobot-device-onboarding. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
nautobot-device-onboarding PyPI | From 2.0.0 | 3.0.0 |
nautobot-device-onboarding PyPI | From 2.0.0 | 3.0.0 |
nautobot-device-onboarding PyPI | From 2.0.0 | 3.0.0 |
Products include Nautobot Nautobot-Plugin-Device-Onboarding.
How do I fix CVE-2023-48700?
Upgrade nautobot-device-onboarding to 3.0.0 or later.
Is CVE-2023-48700 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-48700 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qf3c-rw9f-jh7v, PYSEC-2023-288.