NATS Server: Route API Auth Bypass
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.
BIT-nats-2026-58253
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: osv:BIT-nats-2026-58253
nats
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- 2.11.16
Source reference:
/affected/0/ranges2.12.6Source 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": "2.11.16"
},
{
"introduced": "2.12.0"
},
{
"fixed": "2.12.6"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "nats",
"purl": "pkg:bitnami/nats",
"ecosystem": "Bitnami"
},
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/nats/BIT-nats-2026-58253.json"
}
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-58253
Source reference:
/aliases
Publisher severity
high
Source reference: /database_specific/severity
- Event
- #25930 · Revision 1
- Added to Heist Feed
- Publisher date