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Medium · 6.4 CVE-2026-83805 EUVD-2026-84815GHSA-q4c5-2j6f-r476PYSEC-2026-4111

Nautobot: Authorization bypass in approval workflow REST API allows self-approval and unauthorized activation of scheduled jobs

Published Sep 22, 2026 · Updated Sep 26, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Nautobot is a Network Source of Truth and Network Automation Platform. From 3.0.0 until 3.1.8, the generic ApprovalWorkflowStageResponse create endpoint does not enforce approver-group membership, change permission on the object under review, or the one-response-per-user restriction applied by the intended approve and deny actions. A user with only extras.add_approvalworkflowstageresponse can submit approved responses directly, while writable user and state fields permit responses to be attributed to arbitrary users. These forged responses can satisfy min_approvers, approve the workflow, and activate its gated ScheduledJob without a legitimate approver. This issue is fixed in version 3.1.8.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
nautobot nautobot >= 3.0.0, < 3.1.8 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI nautobot >= 3.0.0, < 3.1.8 3.1.8 GHSA-q4c5-2j6f-r476

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