CVE-2026-69117

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-11. the CNA's CVSS baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cna:vulncheck, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

NetBox 4.5.8 contains an ORM injection vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers, including those with read-only API tokens, to inject arbitrary Django ORM lookup expressions into nested object references by supplying crafted JSON dictionary keys in POST, PUT, or PATCH requests to any REST API endpoint. Attackers can exploit the unrestricted queryset used by WritableNestedSerializer to perform boolean-based blind data extraction of sensitive field values and bypass object-level permissions across all application modules including dcim, ipam, tenancy, virtualization, circuits, and extras.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(high)
EG Risk
45(Track)
EG Risk 45/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
17%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 11, 2026

Last Modified

August 14, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Aug 11, 2026
Upstream fix merged — awaiting tagged release. Sources: github_commit, github_pr.
generic

NetBox 4.5.8 ORM Injection via WritableNestedSerializer | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netbox-orm-injection-via-writablenestedserializer
github_pr

Fixes #21988: Enforce object permissions for nested related objects in the REST API

Fix merged in netbox-community/netbox PR #22013 on 2026-06-23 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/pull/22013
github_commit

commit b3489cd529ca (netbox-community/netbox)

Fix landed in netbox-community/netbox commit b3489cd529ca — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/commit/b3489cd529ca00703a0b7fe4c45e91539add6df6
generic

Authorization bypass in nested object resolution via unrestricted nested lookup filters · Issue #21988 · netbox-community/netbox · GitHub

https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/21988
generic

GitHub - netbox-community/netbox: The premier source of truth powering network automation. Open source under Apache 2. Try NetBox Cloud free: https://netboxlabs.com/products/free-netbox-cloud/ · GitHub

https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-69117(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 24× in last 7d / 35× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-20 20:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-19 20:15 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-19 20:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-18 19:45 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-18 19:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-17 19:16 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-17 19:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-16 18:07 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-16 18:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-15 17:38 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-15 17:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-14 17:09 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-14 17:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-14 15:57 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-14 15:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-13 15:28 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-13 15:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-13 15:16 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-13 15:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-12 20:06 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-12 20:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-11 19:37 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-11 18:40 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-11 18:40 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-69117?
CVE-2026-69117 is a medium vulnerability published on August 11, 2026. NetBox 4.5.8 contains an ORM injection vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers, including those with read-only API tokens, to inject arbitrary Django ORM lookup expressions into nested object references by supplying crafted JSON dictionary keys in POST, PUT, or PATCH requests to any REST…
When was CVE-2026-69117 disclosed?
CVE-2026-69117 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 11, 2026, with the most recent update on August 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-69117 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-69117 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 83.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-69117?
CVE-2026-69117 has a CVSS v4.0 base score of 6.5 (CNA self-assessment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-69117?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-69117, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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