CVE-2026-53603: nebula-mesh: Operator session tokens stored in plaintext in the database
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.
internal/models/operator.go:61—OperatorSession.Tokenholds the plaintext token.internal/store/sqlite_operators.go:590—CreateOperatorSessioninsertssess.Tokenverbatim.internal/store/sqlite_operators.go:603,642,681,698— lookups/updates/deletes useWHERE token = ?against the plaintext value.
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 is functionally identical to the plaintext enrollment-token issue fixed in GHSA-ghmh-jhmj-wcmf. API keys (OperatorAPIKey.KeyHash) and enrollment tokens (EnrollmentToken.TokenHash) already store only a SHA256 hash; session tokens were missed.
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