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Clear Text Credentials Exposed via Onboarding Task

GHSA ID
GHSA-qf3c-rw9f-jh7v
CVE ID
CVE-2023-48700
Severity
medium
Published
Updated
CVSS
5.7 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v3
5.7 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

Impact

When credentials are provided while creating an OnboardingTask they may be visible via the Job Results view under the Additional Data tab as args for the Celery Task execution. This only applies to OnboardingTasks that are created with credentials specified while on v2.0.0-2.0.2 of Nautobot Device Onboarding. This advisory does not apply earlier version or when using NAPALM_USERNAME & NAPALM_PASSWORD from nautobot_config.py

Patches

v3.0.0

Workarounds

None

Recommendations

  • Delete all Job Results for any onboarding task to remove clear text credentials from database entries that were run while on v2.0.X
  • Upgrade to v3.0.0
  • Rotate any exposed credential

CWEs

  • CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
  • CWE-256 · Plaintext Storage of a Password

References