CVE-2023-48700: Clear Text Credentials Exposed via Onboarding Task

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-11-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-256

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.

Affected products

nautobot-plugin-device-onboarding: from 2.0.0 before 3.0.0 — fixed in 3.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: nautobot-plugin-device-onboarding 3.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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