Advisory record · GHSA-pq2q-rcw4-3hr6

NATS: Pre-auth remote server crash via WebSocket frame length overflow in wsRead

CVSS 7.5 HighEPSS 0.0059 · 48th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 25 Mar 2026, 17:07 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2Go>=2.2.0, <2.11.14 || >=2.12.0, <2.12.52.11.14, 2.12.5
github.com/nats-io/nats-serverGoall versionsNo fixed version yet
Identifiers
GHSA-pq2q-rcw4-3hr6 · BIT-nats-2026-27889 · CVE-2026-27889 · GO-2026-4841
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-190 · CWE-1286
Published
25 Mar 2026
Updated
10 Sept 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Versions 2.2.0 up to but not including 2.11.14, and 2.12.0 up to but not including 2.12.5, of the nats-server Go module are vulnerable. A remote, unauthenticated attacker with network access to a WebSocket listener can send a crafted WebSocket frame that crashes the whole server process, disconnecting all clients. Upgrade to 2.11.14 or 2.12.5. If you cannot upgrade, restrict network access to the WebSocket port to trusted endpoints. No fix is listed for the unversioned github.com/nats-io/nats-server entry.

Written 1 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
7.5 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CNA (GitHub_M)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0059, the 48th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:14 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:14 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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