# CVE-2024-23345: Nautobot has XSS potential in rendered Markdown fields

- Also known as: GHSA-V4XV-795H-RV4H, PYSEC-2024-16
- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.1.2, 1.6.10
- Published: 2024-01-22 · Updated: 2025-05-30

## Affected

- nautobot: from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.1.2; fixed in 1.6.10
- nautobot (PyPI): from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.1.2
- nautobot (PyPI): fixed in 1.6.10
- nautobot (PyPI): from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.1.2; fixed in 1.6.10

## Description

Nautobot is a Network Source of Truth and Network Automation Platform built as a web application. All users of Nautobot versions earlier than 1.6.10 or 2.1.2 are potentially impacted by a cross-site scripting vulnerability. Due to inadequate input sanitization, any user-editable fields that support Markdown rendering, including are potentially susceptible to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via maliciously crafted data. This issue is fixed in Nautobot versions 1.6.10 and 2.1.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on nautobot, upgrade to a fixed version (2.1.2, 1.6.10) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [PyPI packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/pypi.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/security/advisories/GHSA-v4xv-795h-rv4h
- https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/pull/5133
- https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/pull/5134
- https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/commit/17effcbe84a72150c82b138565c311bbee357e80
- https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/commit/64312a4297b5ca49b6cdedf477e41e8e4fd61cce

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