Vulnerability · Published Sep 5, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-86175NetBox through 4.7.0 Credential Disclosure via REST and GraphQL APIs
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw 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 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| netbox-community | netbox | 0 – through 4.7.0 |
Weakness: CWE-522 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
References
- Researcher Advisory third-party-advisory, exploit
- DataSourceSerializer Meta.fields technical-description
- DataSourceType GraphQL fields technical-description
- GitBackend sensitive_parameters technical-description
- GitHub Issue #12625 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox product
- VulnCheck Advisory: NetBox through 4.7.0 Credential Disclosure via REST and GraphQL APIs third-party-advisory