Upstream information
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, when using mTLS for client identity, with `verify_and_map` to derive a NATS identity from the client certificate's Subject DN, certain patterns of RDN would not be correctly enforced, allowing for authentication bypass. This does require a valid certificate from a CA already trusted for client certificates, and `DN` naming patterns which the NATS maintainers consider highly unlikely. So this is an unlikely attack. Nonetheless, administrators who have been very sophisticated in their `DN` construction patterns might conceivably be impacted. Versions 2.11.15 and 2.12.6 contain a fix. As a workaround, developers should review their CA issuing practices.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| CVSS detail | CNA (GitHub) | SUSE |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Network | Network |
| Attack Complexity | High | High |
| Privileges Required | Low | Low |
| User Interaction | None | None |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | Low | Low |
| Integrity Impact | Low | Low |
| Availability Impact | None | None |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 | 3.1 |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Thu Mar 26 00:03:19 2026CVE page last modified: Thu Mar 26 17:55:52 2026