NATS is vulnerable to MQTT hijacking via Client ID

Open Source Vulnerabilities CVE-2026-33215

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 issue. No known workarounds are available.

Open Source Vulnerabilities GHSA-fcjp-h8cc-6879

### 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 Sessions and Messages can by hijacked via MQTT Client ID malfeasance. ### Affected Versions Any version before v2.12.6 or v2.11.15 ### Workarounds None. ### Resources * This document is canonically: <https://advisories.nats.io/CVE/secnote-2026-06.txt> * GHSA advisory: <https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/security/advisories/GHSA-fcjp-h8cc-6879> * MITRE CVE entry: <https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-33215>

Open Source Vulnerabilities GO-2026-4833

NATS is vulnerable to MQTT hijacking via Client ID in github.com/nats-io/nats-server

Open Source Vulnerabilities BIT-nats-2026-33215

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 issue. No known workarounds are available.