CVE-2026-86175: Insufficiently Protected Credentials in netbox-community netbox
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.
CVE-2026-86175: Insufficiently Protected Credentials in netbox-community netbox
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.
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.5medium
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- VulnCheck
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-05T10:40:36.294Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Is Cloud Service
- true
Threat ID: 6a9bf7fdacd9273b49bf721a
Added to database: 09/05/2026, 11:07:41 UTC
Last updated: 09/05/2026, 11:52:26 UTC
Views: 7
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