CVE-2026-58254

NATS Server: Incomplete fix for CVE-2026-33249: Leaf node connections bypass Nats-Trace-Dest permission check

Published Jul 8, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 5.3 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 2.14.3 and 2.12.8, message trace destination checks were applied to ordinary client connections but not consistently to messages arriving through leafnode connections, allowing a leafnode operator to send trace events to subjects that would not otherwise be permitted and to use trace-only behavior to prevent normal delivery or storage of affected messages. This issue is fixed in versions 2.14.3 and 2.12.8.

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History
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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 2.14.3 and 2.12.8, message trace destination checks were applied to ordinary client connections but not consistently to messages arriving through leafnode connections, allowing a leafnode operator to send trace events to subjects that would not otherwise be permitted and to use trace-only behavior to prevent normal delivery or storage of affected messages. This issue is fixed in versions 2.14.3 and 2.12.8.
Title NATS Server: Incomplete fix for CVE-2026-33249: Leaf node connections bypass Nats-Trace-Dest permission check
Weaknesses CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jul 9, 2026, 1:38 PM
Reserved
Jun 29, 2026, 9:54 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jul 8, 2026, 8:16 PM
Modified
Oct 25, 2026, 5:10 PM