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.
Published: 2026-09-04
Score: 7.1 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-q4vm-pq3q-8wgq nebula-mesh: Operator session tokens stored in plaintext in the database
History

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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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.
Title nebula-mesh: Operator session tokens stored in plaintext in the database
Weaknesses CWE-312
CWE-522
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': '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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-04T19:40:31.548Z

Reserved: 2026-06-09T19:39:52.404Z

Link: CVE-2026-53603

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-04T20:17:23.287

Modified: 2026-09-04T20:17:23.287

Link: CVE-2026-53603

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-312

    Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

  • CWE-522

    Insufficiently Protected Credentials