nebula-mesh: Host advanced overrides allow YAML injection into agent config.yml
Date: 2026-06
Affected: go/github.com/juev/nebula-mesh
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: vulnerability-disclosure
Severity: High
CVE: CVE-2026-47722
CWE: CWE-94

`internal/configgen/generator.go:86,108,119` interpolates the operator-supplied `ListenHost` and `TunDevice` fields raw into a `text/template` that produces the agent's `config.yml`. `internal/web/advanced.go:20-35` accepts both with only `strings.TrimSpace` — no character or shape validation. ## Exploit An operator (or attacker with any operator key, given the cross-tenant CRUD advisory) sets `adv_tun_device` to: ``` nebula0 lighthouse: am_lighthouse: true hosts: ["10.0.0.1"] # ``` The agent fetches the rendered config on its next signed poll. On config reload, it loads the injected YAML keys: the host self-promotes to lighthouse, attracts mesh traffic, or sets `am_relay: true` to be selected as a relay. The `ListenHost` field has the same shape. ## Affected All released versions prior to v0.3.2. ## Threat model - **Today**: operator can compromise their own host's config (trivially allowed if they own the host, but they can also set lighthouse/relay flags that the operator-create form does NOT expose — privilege uplift within their own tenant). - **Combined with the critical /api/v1 authz advisory**: any operator key can mutate ANOTHER tenant's host overrides and inject YAML there. - **Post-fix of the authz advisory**: still relevant — the agent unconditionally trusts whatever config the server hands it, so any future operator-impersonation bug re-amplifies this. ## Suggested fix Two options, either acceptable: 1. **Input validation** in `parseAdvancedFromForm` (


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