CVE-2026-33216 NATS has MQTT plaintext password disclosure

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...

GHSA-JXXM-27VP-C3M5 NATS allows MQTT clients to bypass ACL checks

Background NATS.io is a high performance open source pub-sub distributed communication technology, built for the cloud, on-premise, IoT, and edge computing. The nats-server provides an MQTT client interface. Problem Description When using ACLs on message subjects, these ACLs were not applied in t...

CVE-2026-33215 NATS is vulnerable to MQTT hijacking via Client ID

NATS-Server is a High-Performance server for NATS.io, a cloud and edge native messaging system. The nats-server provides an MQTT client interface. Prior to versions 2.11.15 and 2.12.5, Sessions and Messages can by hijacked via MQTT Client ID malfeasance. Versions 2.11.15 and 2.12.5 patch the issu...