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CVE-2026-83805: Nautobot: Authorization bypass in approval workflow REST API allows self-approval and unauthorized activation of scheduled jobs

September 22, 2026

This is an authorization bypass that escalates into unauthorized server-side job execution.

  1. Primary impact - self-approval: The approver checks (approver-group membership, change permission on the object under review, one-response-per-user) are enforced only in the approve/deny actions on ApprovalWorkflowStage. The generic ApprovalWorkflowStageResponse create endpoint enforces none of them, so a user holding only extras.add_approvalworkflowstageresponse can POST approved responses directly and drive a stage past its min_approvers threshold with no legitimate approver involved. The serializer also exposes user and state as writable, letting the attacker attribute responses to arbitrary users.

  2. Escalated impact job activation: Because the approval workflow gates a ScheduledJob, self-approval does not stop at the approval record. Stage approval cascades through ApprovalWorkflow.save() to on_workflow_approved(), which sets the target job to enabled/active.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-q4c5-2j6f-r476
  • github.com/nautobot/nautobot/commit/8682707d0391cbfd7694e3276127b78dc9cf29d8
  • github.com/nautobot/nautobot/releases/tag/v3.1.8
  • github.com/nautobot/nautobot/security/advisories/GHSA-q4c5-2j6f-r476
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-83805

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 3.0.0 before 3.1.8

Fixed versions

  • 3.1.8

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.1.8 or above.

Impact 6.4 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-285: Improper Authorization
  • CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Source file

pypi/nautobot/CVE-2026-83805.yml

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