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CVE-2026-33215GO-2026-4833BIT-NATS-2026-33215GHSA-FCJP-H8CC-6879

NATS is vulnerable to MQTT hijacking via Client ID

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 2.11.15, 2.12.6
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

NATS-Server is a High-Performance server for NATS.io, a cloud and edge native messaging system. The nats-server provides an MQTT client interface. Prior to versions 2.11.15 and 2.12.5, Sessions and Messages can by hijacked via MQTT Client ID malfeasance. Versions 2.11.15 and 2.12.5 patch the issue. No known workarounds are available.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • nats-io nats-server

    fixed in 2.11.15; From 2.12.0-RC.1 · fixed in 2.12.6

  • github.com/nats-io/nats-serverGo

    All versions

  • github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2Go

    fixed in 2.11.15; From 2.12.0-RC.1 · fixed in 2.12.6

  • github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2Go

    fixed in 2.11.15

  • github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2Go

    From 2.12.0-RC.1 · fixed in 2.12.6

References 2

GitHub · nats-io/nats-server

advisories.nats.io