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High · 7.1 CVE-2026-53603 EUVD-2026-71716GHSA-q4vm-pq3q-8wgqGO-2026-5991

nebula-mesh: Operator session tokens stored in plaintext in the database

Published Sep 4, 2026 · Updated Sep 8, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

nebula-mesh is a self-hosted control plane for Slack Nebula mesh VPN. Prior to version 0.3.8, Operator session tokens are stored in plaintext in the operator_sessions table (the token column is the PRIMARY KEY). The session token is a 32-byte random hex value sent directly in a cookie and valid for 24 hours. Anyone who can read the database (backup, snapshot, file copy, or SQL-level disclosure) obtains every active session token and can hijack operator sessions directly, with no further authentication. This issue has been patched in version 0.3.8.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
forgekeep nebula-mesh < 0.3.8 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/forgekeep/nebula-mesh < 0.3.8 0.3.8 GHSA-q4vm-pq3q-8wgq

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