CVE-2026-33216 (GCVE-0-2026-33216)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-03-25 19:41
Modified
2026-08-24 12:06
Severity ?
8.6 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-256 - Plaintext Storage of a Password
Summary
NATS-Server is a High-Performance server for NATS.io, a cloud and edge native messaging system. Prior to versions 2.11.15 and 2.12.6, for MQTT deployments using usercodes/passwords: MQTT passwords are incorrectly classified as a non-authenticating identity statement (JWT) and exposed via monitoring endpoints. Versions 2.11.14 and 2.12.6 contain a fix. As a workaround, ensure monitoring end-points are adequately secured. Best practice remains to not expose the monitoring endpoint to the Internet or other untrusted network users.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
nats-io nats-server Version: < 2.11.15
Version: >= 2.12.0-RC.1, < 2.12.6
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