CVE-2026-58252: linuxfoundation nats-server Improper Authorization
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-58252 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.
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 2.14.0, 2.12.7, and 2.11.16, an authenticated user could receive messages on denied subjects when a wildcard subscription overlapped with a configured wildcard deny rule but was not a subset of it, and queue subscriptions could also affect delivery to legitimate queue consumers. This issue is fixed in versions 2.14.0, 2.12.7, and 2.11.16.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVDNIST6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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 19-09-2026
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< 2.11.16 | ≥ 2.12.0, < 2.12.7
Nats-io1 product
- nats-server< 2.11.16 | ≥ 2.12.0-preview.1, < 2.12.7
Ubuntu1 product
- nats-serverAll versions (No fix recorded)
4 vendors · 4 products
References
11 links- github.com/nats-io/nats-server/security/advisories/GHSA-wh7g-5m82-pmhrX Refsource CONFIRMREPORTVendor Advisory