NATS Server: MQTT SUBSCRIBE Protocol Injection via Leaf Node/Route Forwarding allows arbitrary NATS command injection
NATS Server is a high-performance server for NATS.io, the cloud and edge native messaging system. Prior to 2.14.1 and 2.12.9, an MQTT client could include protocol control characters in subscription filters that were later forwarded as NATS protocol data to route or leafnode connections, corrupting the forwarded protocol stream and allowing injection of unintended NATS protocol operations. This issue is fixed in versions 2.14.1 and 2.12.9.
BIT-nats-2026-58213
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: osv:BIT-nats-2026-58213
nats
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- 2.12.9
Source reference:
/affected/0/ranges2.14.1Source reference:
/affected/0/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "SEMVER",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2.12.9"
},
{
"introduced": "2.14.0"
},
{
"fixed": "2.14.1"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "nats",
"purl": "pkg:bitnami/nats",
"ecosystem": "Bitnami"
},
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/nats/BIT-nats-2026-58213.json"
}
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-58213
Source reference:
/aliases
Publisher severity
high
Source reference: /database_specific/severity
- Event
- #25935 · Revision 1
- Added to Heist Feed
- Publisher date