CVE-2026-58213 (GCVE-0-2026-58213)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-08 19:52 – Updated: 2026-07-09 13:33
VLAI
Title
NATS Server: MQTT SUBSCRIBE Protocol Injection via Leaf Node/Route Forwarding allows arbitrary NATS command injection
Summary
NATS Server is a high-performance server for NATS.io, the cloud and edge native messaging system. Prior to 2.14.1 and 2.12.9, an MQTT client could include protocol control characters in subscription filters that were later forwarded as NATS protocol data to route or leafnode connections, corrupting the forwarded protocol stream and allowing injection of unintended NATS protocol operations. This issue is fixed in versions 2.14.1 and 2.12.9.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-09 13:32 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-74 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
nats-io nats-server Affected: < 2.12.9
Affected: >= 2.14.0-RC.1, < 2.14.1
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