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.
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GHSA-q4c5-2j6f-r476 | Nautobot: Authorization bypass in approval workflow REST API allows self-approval and unauthorized activation of scheduled jobs |
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Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:00:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| 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. | |
| Title | Nautobot: Authorization bypass in approval workflow REST API allows self-approval and unauthorized activation of scheduled jobs | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-285 CWE-639 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-22T19:47:42.826Z
Reserved: 2026-08-31T23:04:48.172Z
Link: CVE-2026-83805
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-22T20:17:09.487
Modified: 2026-09-22T20:17:09.487
Link: CVE-2026-83805
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