CVE-2026-33247CWE-214CWE-215

CVE-2026-33247

High · published March 26, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.4
EPSS
1%
Percentile
45.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

NATS-Server is a High-Performance server for NATS.io, a cloud and edge native messaging system. Prior to versions 2.11.15 and 2.12.6, if a nats-server is run with static credentials for all clients provided via argv (the command-line), then those credentials are visible to any user who can see the monitoring port, if that too is enabled. The `/debug/vars` end-point contains an unredacted copy of argv. Versions 2.11.15 and 2.12.6 contain a fix. As a workaround, configure credentials inside a configuration file instead of via argv, and do not enable the monitoring port if using secrets in argv. Best practice remains to not expose the monitoring port to the Internet, or to untrusted network sources.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.4 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00559 · 45.8th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-214 · Invocation of Process Using Visible Sensitive Information; CWE-215 · Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Debugging Code
Published
2026-03-26T00:16Z
Affected products (2)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linuxfoundation/nats-server< 2.11.152.11.15
linuxfoundation/nats-server≥ 2.12.0, < 2.12.62.12.6
References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 MAR 20:02Z
    NATS credentials are exposed in monitoring port via command-line argv
    cvelistv5