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BIT-nats-2026-33216
BIT-nats-2026-33216
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
Record from OSV · Published March 27, 2026
NATS has MQTT plaintext password disclosure
Fixed versions
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| Package | Ecosystem | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| nats | Bitnami | 2.12.6, 2.11.15 |
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Bitnami | nats | 0, 2.12.0 |
Timeline
- Mar 27, 2026 CVE Published
- Jul 6, 2026 CVE Updated
- Aug 8, 2026 Distribution Patch (3 in total, the first dated here)
Query this with the API
The same record, from the CLI:
vulnetix vdb vuln BIT-nats-2026-33216
vulnetix vdb fixes BIT-nats-2026-33216
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curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
"https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/BIT-nats-2026-33216/fixes/registry"
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References
- https://advisories.nats.io/CVE/secnote-2026-05.txt url
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/commit/b5b63cfc35a57075e09c1f57503d31721bed8099 url
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/security/advisories/GHSA-v722-jcv5-w7mc url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33216 url
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21769 url
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22347 url
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23345 url
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-33216 url
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2451448 url
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-33216.json url