CVE-2026-69117 NetBox 4.5.8 ORM Injection via WritableNestedSerializer
Authenticated attackers can inject Django ORM expressions to extract sensitive data and bypass permissions in NetBox via crafted API requests.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-69117?
CVE-2026-69117 is a high-severity vulnerability in NetBox, published on 11 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NetBox 4.5.8 contains an ORM injection vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers, including those with read-only API tokens, to inject arbitrary Django ORM lookup expressions into nested object references by supplying crafted JSON dictionary keys in POST, PUT, or PATCH requests to any REST API endpoint. Attackers can exploit the unrestricted queryset used by WritableNestedSerializer to perform boolean-based blind data extraction of sensitive field values and bypass object-level permissions across all application modules including dcim, ipam, tenancy, virtualization, circuits, and extras.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-69117?
How do I fix CVE-2026-69117?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-69117 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-69117 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-69117 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5cvq-gqwq-xhfc.