CVE-2026-61699
Summary
nebula-mesh revokes a host by adding its certificate fingerprint to a per-CA blocklist and shipping that list to every other agent on each poll. Slack's Nebula enforces certificate revocation ONLY through the pki.blocklist list in config.yml (no CRL/OCSP). The project's own code states this: internal/pki/durations.go:15 — "Revocation via the blocklist remains the immediate security control."
The server side is fully implemented (computes per-CA blocklist via GetBlocklistForCA, returns it in the agent-updates response, sets has_updates=true when non-empty). The agent side was never implemented:
1. The agent decodes the blocklist JSON field into UpdatesResponse.Blocklist (internal/agent/poller.go:33) and then DISCARDS it — poll() applies CertificatePEM, CACertPEM, ConfigYAML, but never references updates.Blocklist (internal/agent/poller.go:300-339).
2. The config generator has NO field to emit pki.blocklist — pkiSection is only ca/cert/key (internal/configgen/marshal.go:42-46) and GeneratorInput carries no blocklist (internal/configgen/generator.go:23-52). So even the server-rendered config.yml shipped via ConfigYAML cannot carry it.
Result: a blocked/offboarded/compromised host's certificate is never rejected by its peers. Its handshakes keep succeeding for the full remaining cert lifetime — up to 30 days for agent hosts (DefaultAgentCertDuration) and 365 days for mobile hosts (DefaultMobileCertDuration). Blocking a host in the UI/API has no effect on the data plane.
Affected components
- Agent drops the blocklist: internal/agent/poller.go:33 (decode target), internal/agent/poller.go:300-339 (poll() applies cert/CA/config, never the blocklist).
- Generator cannot emit it: internal/configgen/marshal.go:42-46 (pkiSection{CA,Cert,Key}), internal/configgen/generator.go:23-52 (GeneratorInput has no blocklist), internal/api/enroll.go:255-330 (renderHostConfig, source of shipped ConfigYAML).
- Server correctly produces/ships it (proves intent): internal/store/
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