Nautobot: Object bulk rename UI actions vulnerable to denial of service by crafted regular expression (REDoS)GHSA-qrpw-gjvh-x5gm
MEDIUMFix: nautobot/nautobot@5a30d09GHSA-qrpw-gjvh-x5gm is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in nautobot. A fix is available for nautobot — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
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EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
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Real-World Exposure
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Description
Impact
Nautobot UI object-bulk-rename endpoints (for example, /dcim/interfaces/rename/) were vulnerable to application-wide denial of service via maliciously crafted regular expressions in the find field in combination with the use_regex flag.
Patches
A general-purpose timeout has been added to these endpoints in Nautobot v2.4.33 and v3.1.2, which ensures that the request will fail early with an appropriate message if regular expression evaluation takes more than a short period of time, instead of continuing to execute for an indefinite duration.
Workarounds
No known workaround has been identified at this time.
References
- 2.4.33 (<a href="https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/commit/c2b766966d814a7141f62c7bc90c85fefb7892ee">patch</a>)
- 3.1.2 (<a href="https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/commit/5a30d0916953afbeedd24a784709e762cc3879cd">patch</a>)
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | nautobot | ≥ 3.0.0a2&&< 3.1.2 | 3.1.2pip install --upgrade 'nautobot==3.1.2' |
| 🐍PyPI | nautobot | all versions | 2.4.33pip install --upgrade 'nautobot==2.4.33' |
Affected Products
nautobotnetworktocodeDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for nautobot, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update nautobot to 3.1.2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-qrpw-gjvh-x5gm is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Cap what an attacker can consume: apply request size, rate and timeout limits in front of the affected component, and run it with memory and CPU limits so exhaustion degrades one worker rather than the whole service.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-qrpw-gjvh-x5gm in your dependencies?
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