CVE-2026-33223 PUBLISHED

NATS Server: Incomplete Stripping of Nats-Request-Info Header Allows Identity Spoofing

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 17.03.2026 Published: 25.03.2026 Updated: 25.03.2026

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, the NATS message header Nats-Request-Info: is supposed to be a guarantee of identity by the NATS server, but the stripping of this header from inbound messages was not fully effective. An attacker with valid credentials for any regular client interface could thus spoof their identity to services which rely upon this header. Versions 2.11.15 and 2.12.6 contain a fix. No known workarounds are available.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.4

Product Status

Vendor nats-io
Product nats-server
Versions
  • Version < 2.11.15 is affected
  • Version >= 2.12.0-RC.1, < 2.12.6 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing CWE