{"id":"CVE-2023-27573","aliases":["EUVD-2023-31322","GHSA-vf6r-c2jr-9wjq"],"status":"published","title":"netbox-docker before 2.5.0 has a superuser account with default credentials (admin password for...","description":"netbox-docker before 2.5.0 has a superuser account with default credentials (admin password for the admin account, and 0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567 value for SUPERUSER_API_TOKEN). In practice on the public Internet, almost all users changed the password but only about 90% changed the token. Having a default token value was intentional and was valuable for the main intended use case of the netbox-docker product (isolated development networks). Some users engaged in an effort to repurpose netbox-docker for production. The documentation for this effort stated that the defaults must not be used. However, installation did not ensure non-default values. The Supplier was aware of the CVE ID assignment and did not object to the assignment.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00566,"percentile":0.47251,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-1392","CWE-798"],"published":"2026-03-11T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:45Z","products":[{"vendor":"netbox-community","product":"netbox-docker"},{"vendor":"netboxlabs","product":"netbox-docker"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox-docker/issues/953","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","report"]},{"url":"https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox-docker/pull/959","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox-docker/releases/tag/2.5.0","tags":["Release Notes","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27573","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vf6r-c2jr-9wjq"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/27xxx/CVE-2023-27573.json","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-27573","description":"netbox-docker before 2.5.0 has a superuser account with default credentials (admin password for the admin account, and 0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567 value for SUPERUSER_API_TOKEN). 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The documentation for this effort stated that the defaults must not be used. However, installation did not ensure non-default values. The Supplier was aware of the CVE ID assignment and did not object to the assignment.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-11T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-03-11T14:23:00Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T19:25:37.650533Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-vf6r-c2jr-9wjq","title":"netbox-docker before 2.5.0 has a superuser account with default credentials (admin password for...","description":"netbox-docker before 2.5.0 has a superuser account with default credentials (admin password for the admin account, and 0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567 value for SUPERUSER_API_TOKEN). In practice on the public Internet, almost all users changed the password but only about 90% changed the token. Having a default token value was intentional and was valuable for the main intended use case of the netbox-docker product (isolated development networks). Some users engaged in an effort to repurpose netbox-docker for production. The documentation for this effort stated that the defaults must not be used. However, installation did not ensure non-default values. The Supplier was aware of the CVE ID assignment and did not object to the assignment.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-11T06:31:41Z","modified":"2026-05-07T18:31:38Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-798","CWE-1392"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:07:57.010667Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-27573","description":"netbox-docker before 2.5.0 has a superuser account with default credentials (admin password for the admin account, and 0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567 value for SUPERUSER_API_TOKEN). 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