GHSA-ghmh-jhmj-wcmf nebula-mesh's stores enrollment tokens unhashed in SQLite
Attackers with local database access can steal unhashed enrollment tokens to hijack agent identities, requiring a patch to hash tokens at rest.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is GHSA-ghmh-jhmj-wcmf?
GHSA-ghmh-jhmj-wcmf is a vulnerability in github.com/juev/nebula-mesh, published on 22 Jun 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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
- Schema migration: rename
enrollment_tokens.token→token_hash(or add the new column and drop the old after backfill of pending rows). - Store SHA-256 of token on create:
sum := sha256.Sum256([]byte(token)) row.TokenHash = hex.EncodeToString(sum[:]) ConsumeTokenaccepts 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.
Which versions are affected by GHSA-ghmh-jhmj-wcmf?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/juev/nebula-mesh.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
github.com/juev/nebula-mesh Go | All versions | 0.3.2 |
github.com/juev/nebula-mesh Go | All versions | 0.3.2 |
github.com/juev/nebula-mesh Go | All versions | 0.3.2 |
How do I fix GHSA-ghmh-jhmj-wcmf?
Upgrade github.com/juev/nebula-mesh to 0.3.2 or later.
Is GHSA-ghmh-jhmj-wcmf being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of GHSA-ghmh-jhmj-wcmf in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GO-2026-5399.