CVE-2026-58250
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.007 · 54 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
NATS Server is a high-performance server for NATS.io, the cloud and edge native messaging system. Prior to 2.12.8 and 2.11.17, an unauthenticated peer with network access to a leafnode listener with compression enabled could crash the server during the pre-authentication leafnode handshake by sending repeated leafnode INFO protocol messages before authentication and account setup completed. This issue is fixed in versions 2.12.8 and 2.11.17.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.5
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (13)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- linuxfoundation nats-server2.12.0 → 2.12.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:nats-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (2)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- 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-2026-58250NATS Server: Pre-auth server crash via double INFO in leafnode handshake2026-07-14vendor · osvUS
NATS Server is a high-performance server for NATS.io, the cloud and edge native messaging system. Prior to 2.12.8 and 2.11.17, an unauthenticated peer with network access to a leafnode listener with compression enabled could crash the server during the pre-authentication leafnode handshake by sending repeated leafnode INFO protocol messages before authentication and account setup completed. This issue is fixed in versions 2.12.8 and 2.11.17.
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references (16)
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- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/commit/8dcb26eaea78fdcbe96dbee5986d6019fd5cb94acnnvd
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/commit/fc5fe39177533e9dbdd651d2458285bfae1dde27cnnvd
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.11.17cnnvd
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.12.8cnnvd
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/security/advisories/GHSA-3g5q-cfh2-cq67cnnvd
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/commit/8dcb26eaea78fdcbe96dbee5986d6019fd5cb94aenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/commit/fc5fe39177533e9dbdd651d2458285bfae1dde27enisa_euvd
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