CVE-2022-24450

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-02-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

NATS nats-server before 2.7.2 has Incorrect Access Control. Any authenticated user can obtain the privileges of the System account by misusing the "dynamically provisioned sandbox accounts" feature.

Affected products

nats-io nats-server: from 2.0.0 before 2.7.2 — fixed in 2.7.2
Nats Streaming Server: from 0.15.0 before 0.24.1 — fixed in 0.24.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: nats-io nats-server 2.7.2; Nats Streaming Server 0.24.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://advisories.nats.io/CVE/CVE-2022-24450.txt
https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.7.2
https://advisories.nats.io/CVE/CVE-2022-24450.txt
https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.7.2

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