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CVE-2026-53604: nebula-mesh: CA private key not zeroized on web mobile-bundle error paths

July 14, 2026

The web handler renderMobileBundle (internal/web/handlers.go:1325) passes the real *pki.CAResolver directly into mobilebundle.Build. Inside Build (internal/mobilebundle/builder.go:54), resolver.LoadByID decrypts the CA’s ed25519 private key into a *pki.CAManager, but Build never calls CAManager.Wipe() on any return path (success or any of the error paths at lines 56, 62, 68, 80, 86, 92, 98, 102, 109, 118, 150).

As a result, when a mobile-bundle request goes through the web UI and Build returns — especially on error (missing network, invalid prefix, DB error, signing failure) — the plaintext CA private key remains on the Go heap, unwiped, until garbage collection. An attacker able to read process memory (core dump, swap, memory-scraping) can recover the CA signing key, which would allow minting arbitrary host certificates for the mesh.

The API handler (internal/api/mobile_bundle.go:74) already does this correctly: it loads the CAManager, defer caMgr.Wipe(), and wraps it in caManagerResolver. Only the web path is affected.

This is the same key-zeroization class previously addressed in GHSA-8h84-fhqq-q58v.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-2p2f-px33-4vv5
  • github.com/forgekeep/nebula-mesh/commit/1f1ab9aa8472239763d967e3d50a3cd53a1a79b9
  • github.com/forgekeep/nebula-mesh/releases/tag/v0.3.8
  • github.com/forgekeep/nebula-mesh/security/advisories/GHSA-2p2f-px33-4vv5
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53604

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Affected versions

All versions before 0.3.8

Fixed versions

  • 0.3.8

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.3.8 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-212: Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer
  • CWE-316: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in Memory

Source file

go/github.com/forgekeep/nebula-mesh/CVE-2026-53604.yml

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