CVE-2026-47724CWE-862

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

Critical · published July 23, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.9
EPSS
0%
Percentile
40.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.9 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00481 · 40.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
Published
2026-07-23T20:20Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 23 JUL 20:20Z
    nebula-mesh: API endpoints lack ownership checks, enabling cross-operator privilege escalation
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