CVE-2026-33218

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Published 2026-03-24 · Modified 2026-03-27

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CVSS v3

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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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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 client which can connect to the leafnode port can crash the nats-server with a certain malformed message pre-authentication. Versions 2.11.15 and 2.12.6 contain a fix. As a workaround, disable leafnode support if not needed or restrict network connections to the leafnode port, if plausible without compromising the service offered.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

30%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	affected
debian	forky	fixed	`2.12.6-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`2.12.6-1`
debian	trixie	affected

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
Go	github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2	`<2.11.15`	`2.11.15`
Go	github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2	`>=2.12.0-RC.1,<2.12.6`	`2.12.6`
Go	github.com/nats-io/nats-server

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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