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Description

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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-06-29 | Published 2026-07-08 | Updated 2026-07-09 | Assigner GitHub_M




HIGH: 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L

Problem types

CWE-287: Improper Authentication

Product status

< 2.11.16
affected

>= 2.12.0-preview.1, < 2.12.6
affected

References

github.com/...server/security/advisories/GHSA-38x3-76xf-cq45

github.com/...ommit/7b81dd455ea95960090a84858c7662827948d1b6

github.com/...ommit/8b8e1ad4ceed32321e00d4fc6e76be05bc13bca6

github.com/...ommit/b86147e81710a52b72a7f7275f91d69f723f5cb3

github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.11.16

github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.12.7

github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.14.0

cve.org (CVE-2026-58253)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-58253)

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