# CVE-2023-51649: Nautobot missing object-level permissions enforcement when running Job Buttons

- Also known as: GHSA-VF5M-XRHM-V999, PYSEC-2023-287
- Severity: CVSS 3.5 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.6.8, 2.1.0
- Published: 2023-12-22 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- nautobot: from 1.5.14, fixed in 1.6.8; from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.1.0
- nautobot (PyPI): from 1.5.14, fixed in 1.6.8
- nautobot (PyPI): from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.1.0
- nautobot (PyPI): from 1.5.14, fixed in 1.6.8; from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.1.0

## Description

Nautobot is a Network Source of Truth and Network Automation Platform built as a web application atop the Django Python framework with a PostgreSQL or MySQL database. When submitting a Job to run via a Job Button, only the model-level `extras.run_job` permission is checked (i.e., does the user have permission to run Jobs in general). Object-level permissions (i.e., does the user have permission to run this specific Job?) are not enforced by the URL/view used in this case. A user with permissions to run even a single Job can actually run all configured JobButton Jobs. Fix will be available in Nautobot 1.6.8 and 2.1.0

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/security/advisories/GHSA-vf5m-xrhm-v999
- https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/issues/4988
- https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/pull/4993
- https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/pull/4995

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