CVE-2026-54916 (GCVE-0-2026-54916)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-17 20:01
Modified
2026-09-18 18:33
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CWE
Summary
NetBox Device Type Library is a collection of community-sourced device type definitions for import into NetBox. The absence of tests/init.py and the lack of --import-mode=importlib cause pytest prepend import mode to place the tests directory at the front of sys.path during collection. An unauthenticated contributor can add a module such as tests/git.py that shadows GitPython when tests/definitions_test.py executes from git import Git, Repo, or add tests/conftest.py for automatic collection-time execution. Python imports and runs the pull-request module before any test function, allowing arbitrary code execution on the GitHub Actions runner, test-result tampering, and access to tokens or network resources exposed to the workflow. This module-shadowing path is independent of the earlier pickle deserialization flaw and the separately tracked NETBOX_DT_LIBRARY_URL issue. This vulnerability is fixed by commit b0d9a3dadd0a0a9d3c93b0b2777559fd4bad1037.
References
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Impacted products
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| netbox-community | devicetype-library |
Version: < b0d9a3dadd0a0a9d3c93b0b2777559fd4bad1037g |
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