SB20230221101 - Code Injection in Nautobot



SB20230221101 - Code Injection in Nautobot

Published: February 21, 2023 Updated: May 11, 2026

Security Bulletin ID SB20230221101
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25657)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to improper sandboxing in the Jinja2 template rendering engine when rendering user-supplied template code. A remote user can provide a maliciously crafted template to execute arbitrary code.

The issue affects template rendering for extras.ComputedField, extras.CustomLink, extras.ExportTemplate, extras.Secret, and extras.Webhook, and also impacts other uses of nautobot.utilities.utils.render_jinja2.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.