# CVE-2025-49143: Nautobot may allows uploaded media files to be accessible without authentication

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-1689, GHSA-RH67-4C8J-HJJH
- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.6.32, 2.4.10
- Published: 2025-06-10 · Updated: 2025-06-10

## Affected

- nautobot: fixed in 1.6.32; from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.4.10
- nautobot (PyPI): fixed in 1.6.32; from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.4.10
- nautobot (PyPI): fixed in 1.6.32
- nautobot (PyPI): from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.4.10

## Description

Nautobot is a Network Source of Truth and Network Automation Platform. Prior to v2.4.10 and v1.6.32 , files uploaded by users to Nautobot's MEDIA_ROOT directory, including DeviceType image attachments as well as images attached to a Location, Device, or Rack, are served to users via a URL endpoint that was not enforcing user authentication. As a consequence, such files can be retrieved by anonymous users who know or can guess the correct URL for a given file. Nautobot v2.4.10 and v1.6.32 address this issue by adding enforcement of Nautobot user authentication to this endpoint.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on nautobot, upgrade to a fixed version (1.6.32, 2.4.10) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/security/advisories/GHSA-rh67-4c8j-hjjh
- https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/pull/6672
- https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/pull/6703
- https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/commit/9c892dc300429948a4714f743c9c2879d8987340
- https://github.com/nautobot/nautobot/commit/d99a53b065129cff3a0fa9abe7355a9ef1ad4c95

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