6.5

CVE-2026-58251: linuxfoundation nats-server Improper Authorization

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-58251DEBIAN-CVE-2026-58251
Published 08-07-2026Last modified 09-07-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-58251 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Improper Authorization vulnerability in linuxfoundation nats-server. EPSS estimates a 0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.46%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 08-07-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 09-07-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

NATS Server is a high-performance server for NATS.io, the cloud and edge native messaging system. Prior to 2.14.0, 2.12.7, and 2.11.16, an authenticated user with subscription deny permissions could bypass a plain subject deny rule by using a queue subscription, because queue-specific deny evaluation could override the plain subject deny result when the queue name itself was not denied. This issue is fixed in versions 2.14.0, 2.12.7, and 2.11.16.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.46%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

39%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.46% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.46%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • nats-serverAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.14.1-1
Linuxfoundation1 product
Nats-io1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • nats-serverAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

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