CVE-2026-29194

High
|8.6
No Exploit

Plain English Summary

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This vulnerability allows an attacker to use a valid host token to access, modify, or delete resources belonging to other hosts in the Netmaker system. To exploit this, the attacker only needs to know the identifiers for the targeted nodes or hosts and can do so without proper authorization checks, making it a serious risk if not updated to the patched version.

Technical Description

Netmaker makes networks with WireGuard. Prior to version 1.5.0, the Authorize middleware in Netmaker incorrectly validates host JWT tokens. When a route permits host authentication (hostAllowed=true), a valid host token bypasses all subsequent authorization checks without verifying that the host is authorized to access the specific requested resource. Any entity possessing knowledge of object identifiers (node IDs, host IDs) can craft a request with an arbitrary valid host token to access, modify, or delete resources belonging to other hosts. Affected endpoints include node info retrieval, host deletion, MQTT signal transmission, fallback host updates, and failover operations. This issue has been patched in version 1.5.0.

CVSS Vector Analysis

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
Confidentiality ImpactHigh
Integrity ImpactHigh
Availability ImpactHigh
ScopeChanged

Vector String

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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