CVE-2026-58250 json
NATS Server: Pre-auth server crash via double INFO in leafnode handshake
published 4mo ago modified 17d ago also BIT-nats-2026-58250 , EUVD-2026-42380 , GHSA-3g5q-cfh2-cq67 , JLSEC-2026-1150
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.7%
- EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 55%
- 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 2.12.8 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.
Patch / fix
- bitnami nats 2.11.17, 2.12.8
- julia nats_server_jll 2.14.3+0
- linuxfoundation nats-server 2.11.17, 2.12.8
- nats nats_server 2.11.17, 2.12.8
- nats nats_streaming_server 2.11.17, 2.12.8
- nats-server Debian 14 2.14.1-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-58250
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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-58250 updated cvss 7.5
github.com/nats-io/nats-server: NATS Server: Denial of Service via repeated leafnode INFO messages during pre-authentication
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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
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 4mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| OSV | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| bitnami | nats | <2.11.17 >=2.12.0, <2.12.8 |
2.11.17 2.12.8 |
| julia | nats_server_jll | <2.14.3+0 |
2.14.3+0 |
Affected products
- nats-io nats-server
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
References
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github.com
/nats-io/nats-server/commit/8dcb26eaea78fdcbe96dbee5986d6019fd5cb94a
patch, web
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github.com
/nats-io/nats-server/commit/fc5fe39177533e9dbdd651d2458285bfae1dde27
patch, web
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github.com
/nats-io/nats-server/security/advisories/GHSA-3g5q-cfh2-cq67
vendor-advisory, advisory, web
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github.com
/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.11.17
release-notes, article, web
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github.com
/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.12.8
release-notes, article, web
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-58250
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-58250
- NVD CVE-2026-58250
- OSV BIT-nats-2026-58250
- OSV JLSEC-2026-1150
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