CVE-2026-58252

NATS Server: Subscribe Authz Bypass via Wildcard-Overlap

Published Jul 8, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
NATS Server is a high-performance server for NATS.io, the cloud and edge native messaging system. Prior to 2.14.0, 2.12.7, and 2.11.16, an authenticated user could receive messages on denied subjects when a wildcard subscription overlapped with a configured wildcard deny rule but was not a subset of it, and queue subscriptions could also affect delivery to legitimate queue consumers. This issue is fixed in versions 2.14.0, 2.12.7, and 2.11.16.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Nats
Nats nats Server
Vendors & Products Nats
Nats nats Server
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description NATS Server is a high-performance server for NATS.io, the cloud and edge native messaging system. Prior to 2.14.0, 2.12.7, and 2.11.16, an authenticated user could receive messages on denied subjects when a wildcard subscription overlapped with a configured wildcard deny rule but was not a subset of it, and queue subscriptions could also affect delivery to legitimate queue consumers. This issue is fixed in versions 2.14.0, 2.12.7, and 2.11.16.
Title NATS Server: Subscribe Authz Bypass via Wildcard-Overlap
Weaknesses CWE-285
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jul 9, 2026, 1:34 PM
Reserved
Jun 29, 2026, 9:54 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jul 8, 2026, 8:16 PM
Modified
Oct 25, 2026, 5:10 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jul 8, 2026, 7:46 PM