CVE-2026-33218 (GCVE-0-2026-33218)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-03-25 19:53
Modified
2026-08-24 12:06
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
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, a client which can connect to the leafnode port can crash the nats-server with a certain malformed message pre-authentication. Versions 2.11.15 and 2.12.6 contain a fix. As a workaround, disable leafnode support if not needed or restrict network connections to the leafnode port, if plausible without compromising the service offered.
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Impacted products
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| nats-io | nats-server |
Version: < < 2.11.15 Version: >= 2.12.0-RC.1, < 2.12.6 |
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