CVE-2026-58211 PUBLISHED

NATS Server: `no_auth_user` pre-CONNECT fast path bypasses user connection restrictions

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 29.06.2026 Published: 08.07.2026 Updated: 09.07.2026

NATS Server is a high-performance server for NATS.io, the cloud and edge native messaging system. Prior to 2.14.3 and 2.12.12, a client could be registered as the configured no_auth_user through a parser path used when the first client operation was not CONNECT, bypassing user-level connection restrictions such as allowed_connection_types or proxy_required that normal authentication would apply. This issue is fixed in versions 2.14.3 and 2.12.12.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 5.4

Product Status

Vendor nats-io
Product nats-server
Versions
  • Version < 2.12.12 is affected
  • Version >= 2.14.0-RC.1, < 2.14.3 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization CWE