# CVE-2023-46128: Nautobot vulnerable to exposure of hashed user passwords via REST API

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2023-46128-nautobot-vulnerable-to-exposure-of-hashed-user-passwords-via-rest  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2023-10-25  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2023-46128 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2023-10-25

Nautobot is a Network Automation Platform built as a web application atop the Django Python framework with a PostgreSQL or MySQL database. In Nautobot 2.0.x, certain REST API endpoints, in combination with the `?depth=<N>` query parameter, can expose hashed user passwords as stored in the database to any authenticated user with access to these endpoints. The passwords are not exposed in plaintext. This vulnerability has been patched in version 2.0.3.

Technologies: [nautobot (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/nautobot). Vendors: [PyPI](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/pypi).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2023-46128 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2023-46128 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2023-46128?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 25 October 2023.

**Which products and versions are affected?** nautobot (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.0.0,fixed=2.0.3, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=1ce8e5c658a075c29554d517cd453675e5d40d71|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.0.0,fixed=2.0.3.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2023-46128?** Yes. nautobot (PyPI): upgrade to 2.0.3 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2023-46128?** Check whether you run nautobot (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- nautobot (PyPI): upgrade to 2.0.3 or later

  ```sh
  pip install "nautobot>=2.0.3"
  ```


## Affected products

- nautobot (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.0.0,fixed=2.0.3, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=1ce8e5c658a075c29554d517cd453675e5d40d71|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.0.0,fixed=2.0.3

## Identifiers

- CVE-2023-46128
- GHSA-r2hw-74xv-4gqp
- PYSEC-2023-220

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