Medium severity · published Sep 17, 2026
CVE-2026-54918
NetBox Device Type Library: PR-controllable upstream clone URL (NETBOX_DT_LIBRARY_URL) enables SSRF and test-data substitution from CI
5.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
NetBox Device Type Library is a collection of community-sourced device type definitions for import into NetBox. In the affected repository revisions, NETBOX_DT_LIBRARY_URL in tests/test_configuration.py is a free-form tracked constant that an unauthenticated pull-request author can change before the validation test harness runs. During pytest collection, tests/definitions_test.py passes the value to Repo.clone_from and create_remote("upstream").fetch(), causing blind Git smart-HTTP requests to an attacker-selected host or loading attacker-controlled tests/known-*.json validation caches. The blind request cannot set arbitrary metadata-service headers or return response bodies, and this path does not execute remote Git hooks, but substituted known data can bypass slug, module, and rack uniqueness validation. This vulnerability is fixed in commit 8980c690097e92f5028c7e6df402b327d827ecd5.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 36% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DE
devicetype-library · netbox-community
< 8980c690097e92f5028c7e6df402b327d827ecd5 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54918
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-54918
github.com
https://github.com/netbox-community/devicetype-library/commit/8980c690097e92f5028c7e6df402b327d827ecd5
github.com
https://github.com/netbox-community/devicetype-library/pull/4240
github.com
https://github.com/netbox-community/devicetype-library/security/advisories/GHSA-8cfp-3c4q-xr6x
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