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GHSA-52jh-2xxh-pwh6
GHSA-52jh-2xxh-pwh6
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
NATS Server panic via malicious compression on leafnode port
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published March 24, 2026
NATS Server panic via malicious compression on leafnode port
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| github.com | nats-io/nats-server/v2 | 2.12.0-RC.1, 2.12.5, 2.12.0-RC.1 |
| wolfi | nats | 0 |
| chainguard | nats | 0 |
| wolfi | k3s-1.33 | 0 |
| chainguard | rke2-runtime-fips-1.33 | 0 |
| wolfi | k3s | 0 |
| chainguard | rke2-runtime-fips-1.34 | 0 |
| chainguard | nats-fips | 0 |
| chainguard | prometheus-nats-exporter | 0 |
| chainguard | kine | 0 |
| chainguard | rke2-runtime-1.34 | 0 |
| chainguard | rke2-runtime-1.35 | 0 |
| chainguard | prometheus-nats-exporter-fips | 0 |
| wolfi | k3s-1.32 | 0 |
| chainguard | rke2-runtime-fips-1.35 | 0 |
| chainguard | telegraf-1.37 | 0 |
| chainguard | k3s-1.33 | 0 |
| github.com | nats-io/nats-server | 0 |
| wolfi | nats-top | 0 |
| chainguard | rke2-runtime-1.33 | 0 |
…and 8 more
Timeline
- Mar 24, 2026 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- NATS Server panic via malicious compression on leafnode port advisory
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/security/advisories/GHSA-52jh-2xxh-pwh6 advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-29785 advisory
- https://advisories.nats.io/CVE/secnote-2026-04.txt url
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server package
- https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/commit/a1488de6f2ba6e666aef0f9cce0016f7f167d6a8 fix