# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 21 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qf3c-rw9f-jh7v, PYSEC-2023-288

## 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.

Weakness: CWE-312 (Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information), CWE-256 (Plaintext Storage of a Password)

## 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 | Ecosystem | 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: 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.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-48700 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-48700 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- nautobot-device-onboarding (PyPI): affected from 2.0.0; fixed in 3.0.0
- nautobot-device-onboarding (PyPI): affected from 2.0.0; fixed in 3.0.0
- nautobot-device-onboarding (PyPI): affected from 2.0.0; fixed in 3.0.0

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-48700/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-48700/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-48700
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48700
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-48700

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-48700/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.