CVE-2026-83801: Nautobot: Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in object create/edit form help text

What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?

It has two related instances that share the same root cause: a user-controlled model field is assigned verbatim to a form field’s help_text, which is rendered with Django’s |safe filter (render_field.html), bypassing auto-escaping.

In both cases the script executes in the browser of any user who opens an affected create or edit form, including administrators and superusers. Because the payload runs in the victim’s authenticated session, it can lead to actions performed as the victim, session/token theft, and further privilege escalation. Exploitation requires the victim to open an affected form.