CVE-2026-58252 json
NATS Server: Subscribe Authz Bypass via Wildcard-Overlap
published 2026-07-08 4 mo ago modified 2026-10-25 14 d ago also BIT-nats-2026-58252 , EUVD-2026-42378 , GHSA-wh7g-5m82-pmhr , JLSEC-2026-1152
- cvss
- 6.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 40%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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, an authenticated user could receive messages on denied subjects when a wildcard subscription overlapped with a configured wildcard deny rule but was not a subset of it, and queue subscriptions could also affect delivery to legitimate queue consumers. This issue is fixed in versions 2.14.0, 2.12.7, and 2.11.16.
Patch / fix
- bitnami nats 2.11.16, 2.12.7
- julia nats_server_jll 2.14.3+0
- linuxfoundation nats-server 2.11.16, 2.12.7
- nats nats_server 2.11.16, 2.12.7
- nats nats_streaming_server 2.11.16, 2.12.7
- nats-server Debian 14 2.14.1-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-58252
- github.com/nats-io/nats-server@8ced85a commit
- github.com/nats-io/nats-server@a42a6d1 commit
- github.com/nats-io/nats-server@e611ca9 commit
- github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.11.16 release
- github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.12.7 release
- github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.14.0 release
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-58252 updated cvss 6.5
github.com/nats-io/nats-server: NATS Server: Information disclosure via access control bypass in wildcard and queue subscriptions
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Red Hat Hardened Images nats-server2.12, nats-server2.14not affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 4 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| OSV | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| bitnami | nats | <2.11.16 >=2.12.0, <2.12.7 |
2.11.16 2.12.7 |
| julia | nats_server_jll | <2.14.3+0 |
2.14.3+0 |
Affected products
- nats-io nats-server
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-285 Improper Authorization
References
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github.com
/nats-io/nats-server/commit/8ced85a11497f86704a95d960281480ce037386b
patch, web
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github.com
/nats-io/nats-server/commit/a42a6d1e258eb5c3a2190384d31965a4b715e854
patch, web
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github.com
/nats-io/nats-server/commit/e611ca9604697b02d8f22beb76037400a9cf72e6
patch, web
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github.com
/nats-io/nats-server/security/advisories/GHSA-wh7g-5m82-pmhr
vendor-advisory, advisory, web
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github.com
/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.11.16
release-notes, article, web
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github.com
/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.12.7
release-notes, article, web
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github.com
/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.14.0
release-notes, article, web
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-58252
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-58252
- NVD CVE-2026-58252
- OSV BIT-nats-2026-58252
- OSV JLSEC-2026-1152
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