CVE-2026-58253
NATS Server: Route API Auth Bypass
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.8 High
- Published
- Jul 8, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 9, 2026
- Reserved
- Jun 29, 2026
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, when no_auth_user was configured, a parser fast path intended for ordinary client connections could also apply to route or leafnode listeners, allowing an unauthenticated peer to bypass inter-server CONNECT authentication and operate with the privileges associated with that connection type. This issue is fixed in versions 2.14.0, 2.12.7, and 2.11.16.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
nats-servernats-io |
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References
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/security/advisories/GHSA-38x3-76xf-cq45
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/commit/7b81dd455ea95960090a84858c7662827948d1b6
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/commit/8b8e1ad4ceed32321e00d4fc6e76be05bc13bca6
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/commit/b86147e81710a52b72a7f7275f91d69f723f5cb3
- 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
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