CVE-2026-58214
mediumpriority · track · 0OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.003 · 28 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
NATS Server is a high-performance server for NATS.io, the cloud and edge native messaging system. Prior to 2.14.3 and 2.12.12, an authenticated MQTT client could subscribe to the internal $MQTT.deliver.pubrel subject family, bypassing configured subscribe permissions and exposing MQTT QoS2 protocol metadata for sessions in the account. This issue is fixed in versions 2.14.3 and 2.12.12.
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affected products (13)
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- linuxfoundation nats-server2.14.0 → 2.14.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:nats-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-2132NATS Server: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-06-29csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in NATS Server ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, erweiterte Berechtigungen zu erlangen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, Daten zu manipulieren oder offenzulegen oder einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen.
- BIT-nats-2026-58214NATS Server: MQTT subscribe ACL bypass via $MQTT.deliver.pubrel prefix (incomplete fix for CVE-2026-33217)2026-07-14vendor · osvUS
NATS Server is a high-performance server for NATS.io, the cloud and edge native messaging system. Prior to 2.14.3 and 2.12.12, an authenticated MQTT client could subscribe to the internal $MQTT.deliver.pubrel subject family, bypassing configured subscribe permissions and exposing MQTT QoS2 protocol metadata for sessions in the account. This issue is fixed in versions 2.14.3 and 2.12.12.
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references (16)
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- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/commit/297b166be60fe13144084eed4b25201ead03204acnnvd
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/commit/34b09657bb596d5f850eaa5cfc97ea6b2f989a97cnnvd
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.12.12cnnvd
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.14.3cnnvd
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/security/advisories/GHSA-4g68-3pwx-5vfjcnnvd
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/commit/297b166be60fe13144084eed4b25201ead03204aenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/commit/34b09657bb596d5f850eaa5cfc97ea6b2f989a97enisa_euvd
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