CVE-2022-24450

HIGH

NATS nats-server <2.7.2 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

NATS nats-server before 2.7.2 has Incorrect Access Control. Any authenticated user can obtain the privileges of the System account by misusing the "dynamically provisioned sandbox accounts" feature.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.7.2
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://advisories.nats.io/CVE/CVE-2022-24450.txt

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0065
EPSS Percentile 71.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-862
Status published
Products (5)
linuxfoundation/nats-server 2.0.0 - 2.7.2
nats/nats_server 2.0.0 - 2.7.2
nats/nats_streaming_server 0.15.0 - 0.24.1
nats-io/nats-server 2.0.0 - 2.7.2Go
nats-io/nats-streaming-server 0.15.0 - 0.24.1Go
Published Feb 08, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026