NATS Server: Subscribe Authz Bypass via Wildcard-Overlap (nats-io nats-server)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.46 % · percentile 40 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
NATS Server is a high-performance server for NATS.io, the cloud and edge native messaging system. Prior to 2.14.0, 2.12.7, and 2.11.16, an authenticated user could receive messages on denied subjects when a wildcard subscription overlapped with a configured wildcard deny rule but was not a subset of it, and queue subscriptions could also affect delivery to legitimate queue consumers. This issue is fixed in versions 2.14.0, 2.12.7, and 2.11.16.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-285 — Improper Authorization
References
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/security/advisories/GHSA-wh7g-5m82-pmhr
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/commit/8ced85a11497f86704a95d960281480ce037386b
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/commit/a42a6d1e258eb5c3a2190384d31965a4b715e854
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/commit/e611ca9604697b02d8f22beb76037400a9cf72e6
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.11.16
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.12.7
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.14.0
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-42378
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-58252
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:nats-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 2.11.16cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:nats-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 2.12.0 < 2.12.7
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| nats-io · nats-server | affected < 2.11.16 ; affected >= 2.12.0-preview.1, < 2.12.7 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |