NATS Server is a high-performance server for NATS.io, the cloud and edge native messaging system. Prior to 2.14.0, 2.12.7, and 2.11.16, when no_auth_user was configured, a parser fast path intended for ordinary client connections could also apply to route or leafnode listeners, allowing an unauthenticated peer to bypass inter-server CONNECT authentication and operate with the privileges associated with that connection type. This issue is fixed in versions 2.14.0, 2.12.7, and 2.11.16.
CVE-2026-58253
This high-severity CVE scores 8.8 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.2%, top 87% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 8.8
- EG Score
- 8.8(medium)
- EG Risk
- 40(Track)EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity88% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 13%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 8, 2026
Last Modified
July 13, 2026
Advisory Details (7)
Auto-updated Jul 8, 2026Route API Auth Bypass · Advisory · nats-io/nats-server · GitHub
Affected: v2.14.0, v2.12.7 and v2.11.16.
https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/security/advisories/GHSA-38x3-76xf-cq45Release v2.14.0
Patch available: nats-io/nats-server v2.14.0
https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.14.0Release v2.12.7
Patch available: nats-io/nats-server v2.12.7
https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.12.7Release v2.11.16
Patch available: nats-io/nats-server v2.11.16
https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.11.16commit b86147e81710 (nats-io/nats-server)
Fix landed in nats-io/nats-server commit b86147e81710 — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/commit/b86147e81710a52b72a7f7275f91d69f723f5cb3commit 8b8e1ad4ceed (nats-io/nats-server)
Fix landed in nats-io/nats-server commit 8b8e1ad4ceed — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/commit/8b8e1ad4ceed32321e00d4fc6e76be05bc13bca6commit 7b81dd455ea9 (nats-io/nats-server)
Fix landed in nats-io/nats-server commit 7b81dd455ea9 — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/commit/7b81dd455ea95960090a84858c7662827948d1b6Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-58253(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 28× in last 7d / 60× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-31 14:27 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-07-31 03:19 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-07-30 16:28 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-30 16:15 UTCVendor advisory
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- 2026-07-30 05:11 UTCVendor advisory
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- 2026-07-29 18:08 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-07-29 07:03 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-07-28 19:58 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-28 19:58 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-07-28 15:37 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-28 08:52 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-07-27 21:48 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-27 21:48 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-07-27 14:14 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-27 10:42 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-07-26 23:29 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-26 23:29 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-26 12:26 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-07-26 12:26 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-23 03:20 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-17 03:19 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-07-16 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-16 05:12 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-07-15 18:08 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-08 20:16 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-08 20:14 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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