CVE-2026-53602
## Summary Two related authorization gaps let a host that should no longer be trusted obtain a fresh, valid Nebula certificate, because nebula-mgmt does not re-evaluate revocation/authorization state at certificate *issuance* time — only at poll time. ## 1. Blocklist not enforced at sign / re-enroll time `internal/api/enroll.go:128` calls `caMgr.Sign(...)` without consulting the blocklist. The blocklist is only checked in the poll path (`internal/api/updates.go:57`, `fingerprintInBlocklist`). The blocklist is keyed by certificate *fingerprint* (`internal/store/sqlite.go`), so a re-enrollment produces a new fingerprint that is not in the blocklist. `mintEnrollmentTokenForHost` (`internal/api/hosts.go:491`) authorizes the caller via `canAccessHost` but does **not** check the host status. There is no guard preventing a `blocked` host from transitioning back to `enrolled` (`internal/store/sqlite.go`, `enrollHostInTx` updates status unconditionally). **Impact:** A host that an operator has blocked can be silently un-blocked by issuing a new enrollment token and re-enrolling — it receives a fresh certificate (new fingerprint) that passes all subsequent poll-time blocklist checks. Revocation is therefore not durable. Requires an operator action (minting a re-enroll token), so this is an integrity/operational-revocation failure rather than an unauthenticated bypass. ## 2. Renewal does not re-validate operator / CA status Auto-renewal at poll time (`internal/api/updates.go:285-319`, `signHostCert`) reads `host.Name`, `host.Groups`, `host.NebulaIPs` from the DB and re-signs without checking whether the owning operator is still active or the CA still valid. `DisableOperator` (`internal/store/sqlite_operators.go`) revokes sessions and API keys but does not retire the operator's CAs, and `pki/signer.go` checks only CA cert time-expiry, not operator/CA status. **Impact:** A host enrolled under an operator who is later disabled continues to renew its certificate indefinite
Properties
- ghsa_id
- GHSA-339v-266x-79xr
- severity
- medium
- summary
- nebula-mesh: Host revocation is not durable - blocked/offboarded hosts can regain a valid certificate
- cve_id
- CVE-2026-53602
- is_ghsa_only
- false
- ghsa_published
- 2026-07-09T20:52:27Z
- source_url
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-339v-266x-79xr
- ghsa_updated
- 2026-07-09T20:52:28Z
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