High 7.5Published Mar 25, 2026

CVE-2026-33218NATS has pre-auth server panic via leafnode handling

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 2:00 AM ET)

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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.

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20, CWE-1286
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Sep 9, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

nats-io nats-server nats_io:nats_server (from the name)	before < 2.11.15; from 2.12.0-RC.1, < 2.12.6	CNA record
Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub 1.4.5 redhat:multicluster_globalhub	from 1779579439 not affected	CISA ADP
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 redhat:openshift	4	CISA ADP
linuxfoundation nats-server linuxfoundation:nats-server	before 2.11.15; from 2.12.0 before 2.12.6	NVD

References

References

https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/security/advisories/GHSA-vprv-35vv-q339	x-refsource-confirm, mitigation, vendor-advisory
https://advisories.nats.io/CVE/secnote-2026-10.txt	x-refsource-misc, mitigation, vendor-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21769
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22347
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23345
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-33218
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2451450
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-33218.json

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