CVE-2026-58210

NATS Server: MQTT partial CONNECT packets can exhaust pre-auth memory

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 8, 2026 at 08:13 PM UTC
Updated: October 25, 2026 at 05:10 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsNats ServerNats Server

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

NATS Server is a high-performance server for NATS.io, the cloud and edge native messaging system. Prior to 2.14.3 and 2.12.12, an unauthenticated MQTT client could cause the server to retain large incomplete MQTT CONNECT packets before authentication completed, consuming server memory while the parser waited for the advertised MQTT packet length. This issue is fixed in versions 2.14.3 and 2.12.12.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versionsv < 2.12.122.14.0 ≤ v < 2.14.3
Affected range stops below 2.12.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.14.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2.12.12
Affected range stops below 2.12.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.14.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-400

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