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Details of issue NIXPKGS-2026-0767

NIXPKGS-2026-0767
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Permalink CVE-2026-33247
7.4 HIGH
  • CVSS version: 3.1
  • Attack vector (AV): NETWORK
  • Attack complexity (AC): HIGH
  • Privileges required (PR): NONE
  • User interaction (UI): NONE
  • Scope (S): UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality impact (C): HIGH
  • Integrity impact (I): HIGH
  • Availability impact (A): NONE
updated 1 month, 1 week ago by @LeSuisse Activity log
  • Created suggestion 1 month, 1 week ago
  • @LeSuisse accepted 1 month, 1 week ago
  • @LeSuisse published on GitHub 1 month, 1 week ago
NATS credentials are exposed in monitoring port via command-line argv

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.

Affected products

nats-server
  • ==< 2.11.15
  • ==>= 2.12.0-RC.1, < 2.12.6

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Upstream advisory: https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/security/advisories/GHSA-x6g4-f6q3-fqvv