CVE-2026-53603CWE-312CWE-522

CVE-2026-53603

published September 5, 2026

CVSS
7.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
10.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
7.1 · NONE
CVSS v4.0
7.1 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00204 · 10.4th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-312 · Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information; CWE-522 · Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Published
2026-09-05T00:17Z
References (3)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 SEP 03:32Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 04 SEP 19:40Z
    nebula-mesh: Operator session tokens stored in plaintext in the database
    cvelistv5