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, if a nats-server is run with static credentials for all clients provided via argv (the command-line), then those credentials are visible to any user who can see the monitoring port, if that too is enabled. The `/debug/vars` end-point contains an unredacted copy of argv. Versions 2.11.15 and 2.12.6 contain a fix. As a workaround, configure credentials inside a configuration file instead of via argv, and do not enable the monitoring port if using secrets in argv. Best practice remains to not expose the monitoring port to the Internet, or to untrusted network sources.
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| Description | 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, if a nats-server is run with static credentials for all clients provided via argv (the command-line), then those credentials are visible to any user who can see the monitoring port, if that too is enabled. The `/debug/vars` end-point contains an unredacted copy of argv. Versions 2.11.15 and 2.12.6 contain a fix. As a workaround, configure credentials inside a configuration file instead of via argv, and do not enable the monitoring port if using secrets in argv. Best practice remains to not expose the monitoring port to the Internet, or to untrusted network sources. | |
| Title | NATS credentials are exposed in monitoring port via command-line argv | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-215 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-03-26T19:52:12.479Z
Reserved: 2026-03-18T02:42:27.509Z
Link: CVE-2026-33247
Updated: 2026-03-26T19:51:12.713Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2026-03-25T20:16:33.223
Modified: 2026-03-26T17:17:07.590
Link: CVE-2026-33247