CVE-2026-33246
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.001 · 4 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
NATS-Server is a High-Performance server for NATS.io, a cloud and edge native messaging system. The nats-server offers a `Nats-Request-Info:` message header, providing information about a request. This is supposed to provide enough information to allow for account/user identification, such that NATS clients could make their own decisions on how to trust a message, provided that they trust the nats-server as a broker. A leafnode connecting to a nats-server is not fully trusted unless the system account is bridged too. Thus identity claims should not have propagated unchecked. Prior to versions 2.11.15 and 2.12.6, NATS clients relying upon the Nats-Request-Info: header could be spoofed. This does not directly affect the nats-server itself, but the CVSS Confidentiality and Integrity scores are based upon what a hypothetical client might choose to do with this NATS header. Versions 2.11.15 and 2.12.6 contain a fix. No known workarounds are available.
cvss
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affected products (14)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- linuxfoundation nats-server2.12.0 → 2.12.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:nats-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Go github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v22.12.0-RC.1 → 2.12.6osvUSpkg:golang/github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2
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-55h8-8g96-x4hjNATS: Leafnode connections allow spoofing of Nats-Request-Info identity headers2026-03-24ghsa · 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 allows hub/spoke topologies using "leafnode" connections by other nats-servers. NATS messages can have headers. ### Problem Description The nats-server offers a `Nats-Request-Info:` message header, providing information about a request. This is supposed to provide enough information to allow for account/user identification, such that NATS clients could make their own decisions on how to trust a message, provided that they trust the nats-server as a broker. A leafnode connecting to a nats-server is not fully trusted unless the system account is bridged too. Thus identity claims should not have propagated unchecked. Thus NATS clients relying upon the Nats-Request-Info: header could be spoofed. Does not directly affect the nats-server itself, but the CVSS Confidentiality and Integrity scores are based upon what a hypothetical client might choose to do with this NATS header. ### Affected Versions Any version before v2.12.6 or v2.11.15 ### Workarounds None.
- BIT-nats-2026-33246NATS: Leafnode connections allow spoofing of Nats-Request-Info identity headers2026-03-27vendor · osvUS
NATS-Server is a High-Performance server for NATS.io, a cloud and edge native messaging system. The nats-server offers a `Nats-Request-Info:` message header, providing information about a request. This is supposed to provide enough information to allow for account/user identification, such that NATS clients could make their own decisions on how to trust a message, provided that they trust the nats-server as a broker. A leafnode connecting to a nats-server is not fully trusted unless the system account is bridged too. Thus identity claims should not have propagated unchecked. Prior to versions 2.11.15 and 2.12.6, NATS clients relying upon the Nats-Request-Info: header could be spoofed. This does not directly affect the nats-server itself, but the CVSS Confidentiality and Integrity scores are based upon what a hypothetical client might choose to do with this NATS header. Versions 2.11.15 and 2.12.6 contain a fix. No known workarounds are available.
- GO-2026-4830NATS: Leafnode connections allow spoofing of Nats-Request-Info identity headers in github.com/nats-io/nats-server2026-03-26vendor · osvUS
NATS: Leafnode connections allow spoofing of Nats-Request-Info identity headers in github.com/nats-io/nats-server
also known as (6)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
- CNNVD-202603-4689cnnvd
- EUVD-2026-15973enisa_euvd
- GHSA-55h8-8g96-x4hjenisa_euvd
- BIT-nats-2026-33246osv
- GHSA-55h8-8g96-x4hjosv
- GO-2026-4830osv
sources
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references (8)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-33246cnnvd
- https://advisories.nats.io/CVE/secnote-2026-08.txtcnnvd
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.12.6Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/security/advisories/GHSA-55h8-8g96-x4hjcnnvd
- https://advisories.nats.io/CVE/secnote-2026-08.txtenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/security/advisories/GHSA-55h8-8g96-x4hjenisa_euvd
- https://advisories.nats.io/CVE/secnote-2026-08.txtVendor Advisorynvd
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/security/advisories/GHSA-55h8-8g96-x4hjVendor Advisorynvd
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