Critical severity · published Mar 11, 2026
CVE-2023-27573
netbox-docker before 2.5.0 has a superuser account with default credentials (admin password for the admin account, and 0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567 value for…
9.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
netbox-docker · netbox-community
before 2.5.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27573
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-27573
Exploit
https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox-docker/issues/953
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox-docker/pull/959
Release Notes
https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox-docker/releases/tag/2.5.0
