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Any user can open a PR (PR:N) with a reliable pickle payload (AC:L); a maintainer/CI must run pytest (UI:R); executing in the runner/host is a scope change (S:C) with full code-execution impact.
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NetBox Device Type Library is a collection of community-sourced device type definitions for import into NetBox. The validation test harness can deserialize pull-request-controlled tracked pickle cache files through pickle.load in the read_pickle_data function in tests/pickle_operations.py. An unauthenticated contributor can change USE_LOCAL_KNOWN_SLUGS in tests/test_configuration.py and supply a crafted tests/known-modules.pickle or tests/known-racks.pickle file that tests/definitions_test.py loads when pytest runs. Deserialization invokes attacker-controlled object reduction behavior, allowing arbitrary code execution in the GitHub Actions runner or in a maintainer process that runs the tests, with the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of reachable resources at risk. This vulnerability is fixed with commit 1c6f7e2b93589b965318c6e67ac3504831f0e71e.
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Arbitrary code execution is possible inside the NetBox Device Type Library's pytest validation harness because the test suite deserializes pull-request-controlled pickle cache files via pickle.load. An unauthenticated contributor can flip USE_LOCAL_KNOWN_SLUGS in tests/test_configuration.py and commit a crafted tests/known-modules.pickle or tests/known-racks.pickle in the same pull request, so the payload fires whenever the tests are run: automatically by the GitHub Actions validation workflow on the PR, or by a maintainer executing pytest locally against the untrusted branch (the user-interaction requirement in the CVSS vector). …
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| Exploitation | Exploitation requires the tests/known-modules.pickle or tests/known-racks.pickle cache files to be loaded via pickle.load, which the description states happens when USE_LOCAL_KNOWN_SLUGS is set in tests/test_configuration.py and definitions_test.py runs under pytest - the attacker supplies both the toggle change and the crafted pickle in a single pull request, so no separate misconfiguration is needed. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | This is a supply-chain / CI-poisoning vulnerability, not a flaw in deployed NetBox instances, and that distinction dominates the risk picture. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
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| Remediation | Upstream fix available (PR/commit); released patched version not independently confirmed - apply commit 1c6f7e2b93589b965318c6e67ac3504831f0e71e (or later) from pull request 4238, which removes pickle.deserialization from the validation harness, deletes tests/pickle_operations.py and the *.pickle cache files, and replaces them with tests/cache_operations.py reading JSON caches (tests/known-slugs.json, tests/known-modules.json, tests/known-racks.json); forks and downstream mirrors should rebase onto this commit and delete any lingering *.pickle artifacts from their working trees and CI caches. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
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Within 24 hours, stop executing pytest against untrusted pull-request branches: disable or gate the GitHub Actions PR validation workflow behind maintainer approval, and instruct maintainers not to run the suite locally on contributor branches outside a disposable, credential-free sandbox. …
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