high7.5
CVE-2026-58250
NATS Server is a high-performance server for NATS.io, the cloud and edge native messaging system.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linuxfoundation | Nats-Server | before 2.11.17 from 2.12.0 before 2.12.8 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/commit/8dcb26eaea78fdcbe96dbee5986d6019fd5cb94a
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/commit/fc5fe39177533e9dbdd651d2458285bfae1dde27
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.11.17
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.12.8
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/security/advisories/GHSA-3g5q-cfh2-cq67