CVE-2026-27889 NATS: Pre-auth remote server crash via WebSocket frame length overflow in wsRead

NATS-Server is a High-Performance server for NATS.io, a cloud and edge native messaging system. Starting in version 2.2.0 and prior to versions 2.11.14 and 2.12.5, a missing sanity check on a WebSockets frame could trigger a server panic in the nats-server. This happens before authentication, and...

GHSA-PQ2Q-RCW4-3HR6 NATS: Pre-auth remote server crash via WebSocket frame length overflow in wsRead

Background NATS.io is a high performance open source pub-sub distributed communication technology, built for the cloud, on-premise, IoT, and edge computing. When using WebSockets, a malicious client can trigger a server crash with crafted frames, before authentication. Problem Description A missi...