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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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | NATS: Pre-auth remote server crash via WebSocket frame length overflow in wsRead | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-190 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-03-25T20:06:31.897Z
Reserved: 2026-02-24T15:19:29.716Z
Link: CVE-2026-27889
Updated: 2026-03-25T20:06:28.024Z
Status : Received
Published: 2026-03-25T20:16:27.210
Modified: 2026-03-25T20:16:27.210
Link: CVE-2026-27889
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Updated: 2026-03-25T21:46:25Z