CVE-2026-86175
Description
NetBox through 4.7.0 fails to redact sensitive data source backend credentials in REST and GraphQL API responses. Authenticated users with only view permission can retrieve plaintext passwords and secret keys for Git and Amazon S3 backends through API endpoints, gaining unauthorized access to external repositories and storage buckets.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
Propose a mitigation on Community Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://github.com/geo-chen/oss/blob/main/netbox.md#finding-2-netbox-data-source-backend-credentials-git-password--s3-secret-key-returned-in-plaintext-via-rest-api-and-graphql-to-users-with-only-view-permission-incomplete-fix-of-12625
- https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox
- https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/blob/v4.7.0/netbox/core/api/serializers_/data.py#L26-L32
- https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/blob/v4.7.0/netbox/core/data_backends.py#L80
- https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/blob/v4.7.0/netbox/core/graphql/types.py#L30-L38
- https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/12625
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netbox-through-4.7.0-credential-disclosure-via-rest-and-graphql-apis
CWEs
CWE-522
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.