CVE-2026-86175 (GCVE-0-2026-86175)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-05 11:01 – Updated: 2026-09-24 14:21
VLAI
Title
NetBox through 4.7.0 Credential Disclosure via REST and GraphQL APIs
Summary
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.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
7.1 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-08 13:13 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-522 - Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Assigner
VulnCheck CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 84/100 over 6925 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
netbox-community netbox Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.7.0 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:netbox:netbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2026-09-05 00:00
Credits
George Chen
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