nebula-mesh's stores enrollment tokens unhashed in SQLite
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub. Impact type from CWE-312.
Summary
`internal/store/sqlite.go:1177,1192,1221,1245` — the `enrollment_tokens.token` column holds the raw UUID token. `ConsumeToken` does `WHERE token = ?` against the raw string. Compare with `operator_api_keys.key_hash`, which is SHA-256 hex (constructed in `internal/api/middleware.go:51-53`). ## Affected All released versions up to v0.3.0. ## Threat model Read access to `nebula-mgmt.db`: backup, snapshot, file-system access, future SQL-injection sink. The principle of defense-in-depth: API keys are hashed at rest; enrollment tokens — which grant the same lifecycle authority over a host's identity — are not. An attacker who reads the DB before a legitimate agent enrolls can consume the single-use token first, mint a cert against their own keypair, and take the agent's intended Nebula identity. ## Suggested fix 1. Schema migration: rename `enrollment_tokens.token` → `token_hash` (or add the new column and drop the old after backfill of pending rows). 2. Store SHA-256 of token on create: ```go sum := sha256.Sum256([]byte(token)) row.TokenHash = hex.EncodeToString(sum[:]) ``` 3. `ConsumeToken` accepts the raw token, hashes once, looks up by hash, atomically marks consumed. Side bonus: take this opportunity to switch the token format from `uuid.New().String()` (122 bits) to `hex.EncodeToString(crypto/rand 32 bytes)` (256 bits), matching the project's session-token and API-key conventions. UUIDs are recognisable in logs and crash dumps; opaque hex blends in. TOTP recovery codes appear to already be SHA-256 hashed at rest (`internal/web/totp.go:74-78`) — confirming that pattern is intentional elsewhere, just missed here.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
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| — | github.com/juev/nebula-mesh (Go) | before 0.3.2 | 0.3.2 | Patch available | GHSA-ghmh-jhmj-wcmf |
- github.com/juev/nebula-mesh (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.3.2 Fixed in 0.3.2 Patch available GHSA-ghmh-jhmj-wcmf
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-ghmh-jhmj-wcmf github.com/juev/nebula-mesh (Go) Fixed in 0.3.2 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-ghmh-jhmj-wcmf
References
Sources
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