Vulnerabilities in pkg:golang/github.com/juev/nebula-mesh

PACKAGE
Advisory Identifier: GHSA-c6v2-3ffm-vcmc
Advisory Summary

CVE-2026-49258 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) web ui lacks ownership checks, vulnerability (CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key) affecting Nebula Mesh libraries in the Go ecosystem. The issue involves web ui lacks ownership checks, enabling cross-operator access to hosts and networks (read, block, delete). Remediation is available in the latest vendor maintenance releases.

12 Known Advisory Record(s)
Package Vulnerability Intelligence

pkg:golang/github.com/juev/nebula-mesh

12 Known Advisory Record(s)

Vulnerability advisories affecting package pkg:golang/github.com/juev/nebula-mesh. Select an advisory below to view technical details or fixes.

Advisory ID CVE / NVD Severity Summary
GHSA-c6v2-3ffm-vcmc CVE-2026-49258 HIGH Nebula Mesh: Web UI lacks ownership checks, enabling cross-operator access to hosts and networks (read, block, delete)
GHSA-v2jf-442r-6mjh - LOW nebula-mesh: Signed-poll nonce LRU is in-memory and bounded; replay survives restart + eviction
GHSA-8h84-fhqq-q58v CVE-2026-48025 MODERATE nebula-mesh: Decrypted CA private key persists in heap after signing
GHSA-ghmh-jhmj-wcmf - MODERATE nebula-mesh's stores enrollment tokens unhashed in SQLite
GHSA-6vgg-xhvh-38ff - LOW nebula-mesh: POST /api/v1/hosts/{id}/mobile-bundle response lacks Cache-Control: no-store
GHSA-9pg3-25fq-p6cc CVE-2026-47768 MODERATE nebula-mesh: Newly-minted operator API key exposed in redirect URL (Referer, history, proxy logs)
GHSA-rqfj-vv8r-xhqc CVE-2026-48058 MODERATE nebula-mesh: Session and OIDC state cookies lack the Secure attribute
GHSA-qm33-p5p9-f8vg CVE-2026-47726 HIGH nebula-mesh: GET /api/v1/audit-log discloses all entries to any operator
GHSA-273q-qgh5-wrj6 CVE-2026-47725 HIGH nebula-mesh's web UI lacks CSRF tokens on /ui/* mutating endpoints
GHSA-598g-h2vc-h5vg CVE-2026-47724 CRITICAL nebula-mesh: API endpoints lack ownership checks, enabling cross-operator privilege escalation
GHSA-w7w5-5gcp-38rw CVE-2026-47723 HIGH nebula-mesh: Web UI and API responses lack security headers (CSP, X-Frame-Options, HSTS, etc.)
GHSA-7hp6-g3pq-3pc3 CVE-2026-47722 HIGH nebula-mesh: Host advanced overrides allow YAML injection into agent config.yml

CVE-2026-49258 at a Glance

CVE Identifier CVE-2026-49258
GHSA Identifier GHSA-c6v2-3ffm-vcmc
Severity HIGH
CVSS v3.1 Base Score 8.8
CWE Classification CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Affected Product Nebula Mesh
Package Ecosystem Go
Published Date
Last Updated

Security Impact

CVSS: 8.8

The security impact metrics below are parsed directly from the CVSS v3.1 vector string (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Attack Vector Network (AV:N)
Attack Complexity Low (AC:L)
Privileges Required Low (PR:L)
User Interaction None (UI:N)
Scope Unchanged (S:U)
Confidentiality High (C:H)
Integrity High (I:H)
Availability High (A:H)

How to Fix CVE-2026-49258

To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Nebula Mesh dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.

github.com/juev/nebula-mesh fixed: Latest secure release
Upgrade github.com/juev/nebula-mesh to Latest secure release
Verify Direct and Transitive Dependencies

Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:

inspect dependencies for github.com/juev/nebula-mesh

How to Check if You Are Affected

To determine whether your application is affected by CVE-2026-49258, inspect your project dependencies for Nebula Mesh:

inspect dependencies for github.com/juev/nebula-mesh

Analyze the terminal output to locate any version of Nebula Mesh in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than the patched release), your application is affected.

Note: Verify declared build manifests and deployed runtime container environments.

Technical Details

Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key, where the system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data. In Nebula Mesh, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.

Source Advisory Statement

## Summary The web UI (`/ui/*`) does not apply the per-operator CA scoping the JSON API received for GHSA-598g-h2vc-h5vg. Any authenticated non-admin operator (for example, one created via self-registration or OIDC) can access resources belonging to other operators. ## Impact A non-admin operator can: - **Block or delete any other operator's host.** `POST /ui/hosts/{id}/block` and `DELETE /ui/hosts/{id}` act on the URL `id` with no ownership check, so a non-admin can block (revoking the host's certificate via the blocklist) or delete any host in the deployment — a cross-operator denial of service. - **Read every operator's hosts and networks.** The dashboard, `/ui/hosts`, the host detail page, `/ui/networks` (including the create-form error re-render), and the `/ui/events` stream all return data across all operators, exposing host names, Nebula IPs, public IPs, certificate fingerprints and expiry, and network names and CIDRs. This is the same cross-operator class as GHSA-598g; that remediation covered the JSON API but not the web read/mutation surface. The host create/edit/mobile-bundle/network-create paths and all CA-management routes were already correctly scoped. Affected handlers (`internal/web`): `handleHostDetail`, `handleHostBlock`, `handleHostDelete`, `handleDashboard`, `handlePartialStats`, `handleHosts`, `handleNetworks`, `renderNetworksError`, `handleHostEvents`. ## Conditions Exposure requires at least one non-admin operator to exist (self-registration enabled, OIDC, or an admin-created user). A single-admin deployment with no additional operators is not affected. ## Fix A complete candidate fix with regression tests is ready in a private repository shared with the maintainer (`ak2k/nebula-mesh-ghsa-web`, PR #1): scope these handlers to the session operator's owned CAs (admins keep the full view), mirroring the API's ownership checks.

CVE-2026-49258 Affected Nebula Mesh Versions

1 component(s)
Product / Package Ecosystem Affected Versions Fixed Version
github.com/juev/nebula-mesh
Go
≤ 0.3.4

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2026-49258?
CVE-2026-49258 is a security vulnerability in Nebula Mesh involving Web UI lacks ownership checks, enabling cross-operator access to hosts and networks (read, block, delete) under CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key.
Which Nebula Mesh versions are affected?
Affected versions include releases prior to current release patches across affected packages: github.com/juev/nebula-mesh.
What version fixes CVE-2026-49258?
Upgrading to current release patches (or the latest patched release for your respective branch) resolves the vulnerability.
Is github.com/juev/nebula-mesh affected?
Yes, github.com/juev/nebula-mesh is affected in releases prior to Latest secure release. Upgrade your dependency to Latest secure release or later.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-49258?
CVE-2026-49258 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
What CWE is associated with CVE-2026-49258?
CVE-2026-49258 is classified under CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data.).
How can I check Go dependencies for CVE-2026-49258?
Run the dependency tree command: 'inspect dependencies for github.com/juev/nebula-mesh'. This command lists direct and transitive dependencies in your build configuration so you can verify if a vulnerable version is resolved.
Machine-readable OSV JSON OSV v1.5 Schema
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