From 660ca42149b10d09c658e080f1e264cb30d787e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Sergio=20L=C3=B3pez?= <sergiolopezgmz.dam@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:57:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Closes #21875: Allow subclasses of dict for API_TOKEN_PEPPERS

---
 netbox/utilities/security.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/netbox/utilities/security.py b/netbox/utilities/security.py
index 47a18d265..be59f21f5 100644
--- a/netbox/utilities/security.py
+++ b/netbox/utilities/security.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ def validate_peppers(peppers):
     """
     Validate the given dictionary of cryptographic peppers for type & sufficient length.
     """
-    if type(peppers) is not dict:
+    if not isinstance(peppers, dict):
         raise ImproperlyConfigured("API_TOKEN_PEPPERS must be a dictionary.")
     for key, pepper in peppers.items():
         if type(key) is not int: