CVE-2026-58250: linuxfoundation nats-server NULL Pointer Dereference
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-58250 is a high (CVSS 7.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linuxfoundation nats-server. EPSS estimates a 0.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 08-07-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 09-07-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
NATS Server is a high-performance server for NATS.io, the cloud and edge native messaging system. Prior to 2.12.8 and 2.11.17, an unauthenticated peer with network access to a leafnode listener with compression enabled could crash the server during the pre-authentication leafnode handshake by sending repeated leafnode INFO protocol messages before authentication and account setup completed. This issue is fixed in versions 2.12.8 and 2.11.17.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.74%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
54%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.74% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian1 product
- nats-serverAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.14.1-1
Linuxfoundation1 product
- nats-server< 2.11.17 | ≥ 2.12.0, < 2.12.8
Nats-io1 product
- nats-server< 2.11.17 | ≥ 2.12.0-preview.1, < 2.12.8
Ubuntu1 product
- nats-serverAll versions (No fix recorded)
4 vendors · 4 products
References
9 links- github.com/nats-io/nats-server/security/advisories/GHSA-3g5q-cfh2-cq67X Refsource CONFIRMREPORTVendor Advisory