Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-47724

CVE-2026-47724

juev nebula-mesh — nebula-mesh: API endpoints lack ownership checks, enabling cross-operator privilege escalation

Description · from the CVE record

nebula-mesh is a self-hosted control plane for Slack Nebula mesh virtual private network. Prior to version 0.3.4, the `/api/v1/*` route surface trusts the bearer token alone for authorisation on most endpoints. The codebase itself admits this at `internal/api/hosts.go:384`: "API trusts the bearer token for authorisation; per-CA ownership is enforced only in the Web layer." The Web UI gates state-changing routes through `loadAccessibleCA` (`internal/web/cas.go`); CA-management endpoints in `internal/api/cas.go` ALSO have proper `canAccessCA` gates. The gap is on the host, network, firewall, mobile-bundle, and most operator endpoints. Combined with the per-operator CA model from ADR 0002, this gives any non-admin operator API key broad cross-tenant access — instant privilege escalation in the worst case. Version 0.3.4 fixes the issue.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
nebula-mesh< 0.3.4–CNA

Scores by source

GitHub_M (CNA)9.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

References

refgithub.com/forgekeep/nebula-mesh/security/advisories/GHSA-598g-h2vc-h5vgrefgithub.com/forgekeep/nebula-mesh/commit/9d8bcd7667ecd0c2975cc71fb35a02fe131f76f2