CVE-2023-51649: Nautobot Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

{
  "schema_version" : "1.4.0",
  "id" : "GHSA-vf5m-xrhm-v999",
  "modified" : "2026-06-09T13:05:09Z",
  "published" : "2023-12-22T19:51:53Z",
  "aliases" : [ "CVE-2023-51649" ],
  "summary" : "Nautobot missing object-level permissions enforcement when running Job Buttons",
  "details" : "### Impact\n\nWhen submitting a Job to run via a Job Button, only the model-level `extras.run_job` permission is checked (i.e., does the user have permission to run Jobs in general?). Object-level permissions (i.e., does the user have permission to run this *specific* Job?) are not enforced by the URL/view used in this case (`/extras/job-button/<uuid>/run/`) The effect is that a user with permissions to run even a single Job can actually run all configured JobButton Jobs.\n\n> Not all Jobs can be configured as JobButtons; only those implemented as subclasses of `JobButtonReceiver` can be used in this way, so this vulnerability only applies specifically to `JobButtonReceiver` subclasses.\n\nAdditionally, although the documentation states that both `extras.run_job` permission and `extras.run_jobbutton` permission must be granted to a user in order to run Jobs via JobButton, the `extras.run_jobbutton` permission is not actually enforced by the view code, only by the UI by disabling the button from being clicked normally. Furthermore, the `extras.run_jobbutton` permission never prevented invoking Jobs (including `JobButtonReceiver` subclasses) via the normal \"Job Run\" UI, so after some discussion, we've decided that the `extras.run_jobbutton` permission is redundant, and as it never achieved its stated/documented purpose, the fixes below will remove the UI check for `extras.run_jobbutton` and all other references to the `extras.run_jobbutton` permission, rather than adding enforcement of this previously unenforced permission.\n\n### Patches\n_Has the problem been patched? What versions should users upgrade to?_\n\nFix will be available in Nautobot 1.6.8 (https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/pull/4995) and 2.1.0 (https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/pull/4993)\n\n### Workarounds\n_Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?_\n\nPartial mitigation can be achieved by auditing `JobButtonReceiver` subclasses defined in the system and restricting which users are permitted to create or edit JobButton records. \n\n### References\n\n- https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/issues/4988\n- https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/pull/4993\n- https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/pull/4995",
  "severity" : [ {
    "type" : "CVSS_V3",
    "score" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L"
  } ],
  "affected" : [ {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "PyPI",
      "name" : "nautobot"
    },
    "ranges" : [ {
      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "1.5.14"
      }, {
        "fixed" : "1.6.8"
      } ]
    } ]
  }, {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "PyPI",
      "name" : "nautobot"
    },
    "ranges" : [ {
      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "2.0.0"
      }, {
        "fixed" : "2.1.0"
      } ]
    } ]
  } ],
  "references" : [ {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/security/advisories/GHSA-vf5m-xrhm-v999"
  }, {
    "type" : "ADVISORY",
    "url" : "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-51649"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/issues/4988"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/pull/4993"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/pull/4995"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/commit/3d964f996f4926126c1d7853ca87b2ff475997a2"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/commit/d33d0c15a36948c45244e5b5e10bc79b8e62de7f"
  }, {
    "type" : "PACKAGE",
    "url" : "https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nautobot/PYSEC-2023-287.yaml"
  } ],
  "database_specific" : {
    "cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-863" ],
    "severity" : "LOW",
    "github_reviewed" : true,
    "github_reviewed_at" : "2023-12-22T19:51:53Z",
    "nvd_published_at" : "2023-12-22T17:15:10Z"
  }
}