CVE-2024-32979: Reflected Cross-site Scripting potential in all object list views in Nautobot

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-05-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

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. It was discovered that due to improper handling and escaping of user-provided query parameters, a maliciously crafted Nautobot URL could potentially be used to execute a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (Reflected XSS) attack against users. All filterable object-list views in Nautobot are vulnerable. This issue has been fixed in Nautobot versions 1.6.20 and 2.2.3. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected products

nautobot: from 1.5.0 before 1.6.20; from 2.0.0 before 2.2.3 — fixed in 1.6.20, 2.2.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: nautobot 1.6.20, 2.2.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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