NATS-Server is a High-Performance server for NATS.io, a cloud and edge native messaging system. Starting in version 2.2.0 and prior to versions 2.11.14 and 2.12.5, a missing sanity check on a WebSockets frame could trigger a server panic in the nats-server. This happens before authentication, and so is exposed to anyone who can connect to the websockets port. Versions 2.11.14 and 2.12.5 contains a fix. A workaround is available. The vulnerability only affects deployments which use WebSockets and which expose the network port to untrusted end-points. If one is able to do so, a defense in depth of restricting either of these will mitigate the attack.
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"modified": "2026-08-03T13:17:36.973Z",
"published": "2026-03-25T20:16:27.210Z",
"html_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-27889",
"id": "CVE-2026-27889",
"imported": "2026-08-03T18:16:26.994Z",
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