CVE-2026-33216

highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.004 · 31 %ileDEEUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.37% (31st) EPSS
CVSS 7.5 · high
Is it mine?
14 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

NATS-Server is a High-Performance server for NATS.io, a cloud and edge native messaging system. Prior to versions 2.11.15 and 2.12.6, for MQTT deployments using usercodes/passwords: MQTT passwords are incorrectly classified as a non-authenticating identity statement (JWT) and exposed via monitoring endpoints. Versions 2.11.14 and 2.12.6 contain a fix. As a workaround, ensure monitoring end-points are adequately secured. Best practice remains to not expose the monitoring endpoint to the Internet or other untrusted network users.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.6
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–8.6

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6
v3.18.6highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.18.6highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 3.9 · impact 4
v3.18.6highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondaryexploitability 3.9 · impact 4
v3.18.6highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV
v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-213USCWE-256USCWE-256US
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affected products (14)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (4)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2026-0858NATS Server: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-03-24csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in NATS Server ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen oder zu manipulieren, einen Denial-of-Service zu verursachen und Sicherheitsmechanismen zu umgehen.

  • GHSA-v722-jcv5-w7mcNATS has MQTT plaintext password disclosure2026-03-24ghsa · osvUS

    ### Background NATS.io is a high performance open source pub-sub distributed communication technology, built for the cloud, on-premise, IoT, and edge computing. The nats-server provides an MQTT client interface. ### Problem Description For MQTT deployments using usercodes/passwords: MQTT passwords are incorrectly classified as a non-authenticating identity statement (JWT) and exposed via monitoring endpoints. ### Affected Versions Any version before v2.12.6 or v2.11.15 ### Workarounds Ensure monitoring end-points are adequately secured. Best practice remains to not expose the monitoring endpoint to the Internet or other untrusted network users.

  • BIT-nats-2026-33216NATS has MQTT plaintext password disclosure2026-03-27vendor · osvUS

    NATS-Server is a High-Performance server for NATS.io, a cloud and edge native messaging system. Prior to versions 2.11.15 and 2.12.6, for MQTT deployments using usercodes/passwords: MQTT passwords are incorrectly classified as a non-authenticating identity statement (JWT) and exposed via monitoring endpoints. Versions 2.11.14 and 2.12.6 contain a fix. As a workaround, ensure monitoring end-points are adequately secured. Best practice remains to not expose the monitoring endpoint to the Internet or other untrusted network users.

  • GO-2026-4836NATS has MQTT plaintext password disclosure in github.com/nats-io/nats-server2026-03-26vendor · osvUS

    NATS has MQTT plaintext password disclosure in github.com/nats-io/nats-server

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also known as (6)

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdosvcert_bundnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2026-03-25modified 2026-09-09
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references (17)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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