CVE-2026-33247 PUBLISHED

NATS credentials are exposed in monitoring port via command-line argv

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 18.03.2026 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, if a nats-server is run with static credentials for all clients provided via argv (the command-line), then those credentials are visible to any user who can see the monitoring port, if that too is enabled. The /debug/vars end-point contains an unredacted copy of argv. Versions 2.11.15 and 2.12.6 contain a fix. As a workaround, configure credentials inside a configuration file instead of via argv, and do not enable the monitoring port if using secrets in argv. Best practice remains to not expose the monitoring port to the Internet, or to untrusted network sources.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 7.4

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-215: Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Debugging Code CWE