Information Exposure Affecting nats-server-fips package, versions <2.12.6-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-NATSSERVERFIPS-15802140
  • published29 Mar 2026
  • disclosed25 Mar 2026

Introduced: 25 Mar 2026

NewCVE-2026-33247  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-215  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest nats-server-fips to version 2.12.6-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nats-server-fips package and not the nats-server-fips package as distributed by Minimos. See How to fix? for Minimos:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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, if a nats-server is run with static credentials for all clients provided via argv (the command-line), then those credentials are visible to any user who can see the monitoring port, if that too is enabled. The /debug/vars end-point contains an unredacted copy of argv. Versions 2.11.15 and 2.12.6 contain a fix. As a workaround, configure credentials inside a configuration file instead of via argv, and do not enable the monitoring port if using secrets in argv. Best practice remains to not expose the monitoring port to the Internet, or to untrusted network sources.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1