CVE-2022-29946

MEDIUM

NATS.io NATS Server <2.8.2 & Streaming Server <0.24.6 - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm

Description

NATS.io NATS Server before 2.8.2 and Streaming Server before 0.24.6 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the failure to enforce negative user permissions in one scenario. By using a queue subscription on the wildcard, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to allow denied subjects.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Various Sources

https://github.com/nats-io/advisories/blob/main/CVE/CVE-2022-29946.txt

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Scores

CVSS v3 6.3

EPSS 0.0048

EPSS Percentile 37.9%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published

Products (2)

nats-io/nats-server 0 - 2.8.2Go

nats-io/nats-streaming-server 0 - 0.24.6Go

Published Jul 11, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026