Vulnerability in nats (CVE-2026-33247)
Summary
Vulnerability in nats (CVE-2026-33247). Confidential information can be exposed externally. Mitigation: upgrade to 2.11.15, 2.12.6 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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, if a nats-server is run with static credentials for all clients provided via argv (the command-line), then those credentials are visible to any user who can see the monitoring port, if that too is enabled. The /debug/vars end-point contains an unredacted copy of argv. Versions 2.11.15 and 2.12.6 contain a fix. As a workaround, configure credentials inside a configuration file instead of via argv, and do not enable the monitoring port if using secrets in argv. Best practice remains to not expose the monitoring port to the Internet, or to untrusted network sources.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-33247 has been found in nats.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 7.4/10.
What to do: upgrade nats to 2.11.15, 2.12.6 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "nats CVE-2026-33247" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-33247 (nats) — CWE-215 / CVSS v3 7.4
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 2.11.15, 2.12.6 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-215) exists in nats.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of nats.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.4/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to 2.11.15, 2.12.6.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'nats' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'nats' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
natsを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade nats to 2.11.15, 2.12.6ステージング環境で 2.11.15, 2.12.6 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33247 nats-server
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33247 nats-server
References
- advisory advisories.nats.io
- advisory github.com
- web access.redhat.com
- web access.redhat.com
- web access.redhat.com
- web access.redhat.com
- web bugzilla.redhat.com
- web security.access.redhat.com
- web nvd.nist.gov