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MEDIUM6.5

GHSA-fcjp-h8cc-6879

NATS is vulnerable to MQTT hijacking via Client ID

Quick fix

GHSA-fcjp-h8cc-6879 — github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

go get github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2@v2.11.15

Details

### 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>

Are you affected?

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Affected packages

Go/github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 2.11.15
Fixgo get github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2@v2.11.15
Go/github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2
Introduced in: 2.12.0-RC.1Fixed in: 2.12.6
Fixgo get github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2@v2.12.6

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