NATS is vulnerable to pre-auth DoS through WebSockets client service
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| nats-io | nats-server | affected |
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GHSA-8r68-gvr4-jh7j | NATS is vulnerable to pre-auth DoS through WebSockets client service |
No CVSS v4.0
No CVSS v3.0
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This CVE is not in the KEV list.
Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.558% probability within 30 days)
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:nats-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Nats
Nats nats Server |
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Nats
Nats nats Server |
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| Description | 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 malicious client which can connect to the WebSockets port can cause unbounded memory use in the nats-server before authentication; this requires sending a corresponding amount of data. This is a milder variant of CVE-2026-27571. That earlier issue was a compression bomb, this vulnerability is not. Attacks against this new issue thus require significant client bandwidth. Versions 2.11.15 and 2.12.6 contain a fix. As a workaround, disable websockets if not required for project deployment. | |
| Title | NATS is vulnerable to pre-auth DoS through WebSockets client service | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-770 | |
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