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CVE-2026-48025

MEDIUM
6.9
CVSS 4.0
Description
nebula-mesh is a self-hosted control plane for Slack Nebula mesh virtual private network. Prior to version 0.3.7, internal/pki/resolver.go:36-64 constructs a CAManager with the plaintext ed25519.PrivateKey after unwrapping via the master key; internal/pki/ca.go:13-16 stores it. Callers at internal/api/enroll.go:116, internal/api/updates.go:297, and internal/api/mobile_bundle.go:40 use the manager for one Sign() and drop the reference on function return — but the underlying slice contents are not wiped before release. The keystore package's contract (internal/keystore/keystore.go doc: "Callers MUST zeroise the returned plaintext DEK as soon as it is no longer needed") is not met by the CAManager consumer. Decrypted CA private keys persist in process heap until Go's GC scavenges the underlying slice — minutes to hours under load, indefinitely on idle servers. This issue has been patched in version 0.3.7.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-48025
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Reserved
2026-05-20 17:44 UTC
Published
2026-07-28 17:40 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-28 17:40 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-244
CWE-244: Improper Clearing of Heap Memory Before Release ('H…
Vendor / Product
juev / nebula-mesh
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

6.9 MEDIUM CVSS 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
juev nebula-mesh < 0.3.7
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-244 cna CWE-244: Improper Clearing of Heap Memory Before Release ('Heap Inspection')
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
6.9 MEDIUM 4.0 cna CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References (3)
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