Description
NATS-Server is a High-Performance server for NATS.io, a cloud and edge native messaging system. Prior to versions 2.11.14 and 2.12.5, if the nats-server has the "leafnode" configuration enabled (not default), then anyone who can connect can crash the nats-server by triggering a panic. This happens pre-authentication and requires that compression be enabled (which it is, by default, when leafnodes are used). Versions 2.11.14 and 2.12.5 contain a fix. As a workaround, disable compression on the leafnode port.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
nats-io nats-server
< 2.11.14affected>= 2.12.0-RC.1, < 2.12.5affected
References
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/security/advisories/GHSA-52jh-2xxh-pwh6 ↗
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/commit/a1488de6f2ba6e666aef0f9cce0016f7f167d6a8 ↗
- https://advisories.nats.io/CVE/secnote-2026-04.txt ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-29785 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2451444 ↗
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-29785.json ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22347 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23345 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21769 ↗