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CVE-2026-33216

NATS has MQTT plaintext password disclosure

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 51st percentile. Fixed in 2.11.15.

CVSS 3.18.6HighEPSS percentile51st0.7% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit knownFix2.11.15Upgrade to this build

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD

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What to do

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  • Nats-io Nats-serverAffected: < 2.11.15Upgrade to: not statedAffected: >= 2.12.0-RC.1, < 2.12.6Upgrade to: not statedStated by: CVE record
  • Linuxfoundation Nats-serverAffected: < 2.11.15Upgrade to: 2.11.15Stated by: NVD

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What it is

From the CVE record

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, for MQTT deployments using usercodes/passwords: MQTT passwords are incorrectly classified as a non-authenticating identity statement (JWT) and exposed via monitoring endpoints. Versions 2.11.14 and 2.12.6 contain a fix. As a workaround, ensure monitoring end-points are adequately secured. Best practice remains to not expose the monitoring endpoint to the Internet or other untrusted network users.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS51st
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

0.7% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 51st percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

36 events over 168 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. Patch availableworkaround available, record updated
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  3. Patch availableworkaround available, record updated
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  6. Patch availableworkaround available, record updated

Affected products

Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Scored 8.6 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
  • Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
  • Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
  • User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation

Scope

  • Scope ChangedThe exploit can affect other components (e.g. sandbox escape, host compromise from VM)

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
  • Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
  • Availability NoneNo availability impact

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

References in the record

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