CVE-2023-50263

Nautobot allows unauthenticated db-file-storage views

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: December 12, 2023 at 10:17 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:39 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsNautobotNautobot

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%

Description

Nautobot is a Network Source of Truth and Network Automation Platform built as a web application atop the Django Python framework with a PostgreSQL or MySQL database. In Nautobot 1.x and 2.0.x prior to 1.6.7 and 2.0.6, the URLs `/files/get/?name=...` and `/files/download/?name=...` are used to provide admin access to files that have been uploaded as part of a run request for a Job that has FileVar inputs. Under normal operation these files are ephemeral and are deleted once the Job in question runs. In the default implementation used in Nautobot, as provided by `django-db-file-storage`, these URLs do not by default require any user authentication to access; they should instead be restricted to only users who have permissions to view Nautobot's `FileProxy` model instances. Note that no URL mechanism is provided for listing or traversal of the available file `name` values, so in practice an unauthenticated user would have to guess names to discover arbitrary files for download, but if a user knows the file name/path value, they can access it without authenticating, so we are considering this a vulnerability. Fixes are included in Nautobot 1.6.7 and Nautobot 2.0.6. No known workarounds are available other than applying the patches included in those versions.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

1.1.0 ≤ v < 1.6.72.0.0 ≤ v < 2.0.6
Affected range stops below 1.6.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.0.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 1.6.7v < 2.0.6
Affected range stops below 1.6.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.0.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200CWE-306

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