Vulnerability · Published Nov 3, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-116845NetBox from 2.9.0 before 4.7.4 Authorization Bypass via BulkComponentCreateView

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity incorrect authorization in netbox from netbox-community. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 29% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 70.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

NetBox from 2.9.0 before 4.7.4 contains a broken access control vulnerability in BulkComponentCreateView that allows authenticated users to bypass view permissions on parent devices and virtual machines. Attackers with add-component permission can submit arbitrary device or VM IDs, or _all with filters, to view out-of-scope device details and create components on them.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
netbox-community	netbox	2.9.0 – before 4.7.4

Weakness: CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/23467 issue-tracking
https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/pull/23468 patch, issue-tracking
https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/commit/350ac040cc91359bc0c52066f5df1bc9eba98196 patch
netbox v4.7.4 Release Notes release-notes
https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/blob/v4.7.3/netbox/netbox/views/generic/bulk_views.py#L1340-L1352 technical-description
VulnCheck Advisory: NetBox from 2.9.0 before 4.7.4 Authorization Bypass via BulkComponentCreateView third-party-advisory