High severity · published Feb 8, 2022
CVE-2022-24450
NATS nats-server before 2.7.2 has Incorrect Access Control
8.8
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 71% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NS
Nats Streaming Server · Nats
0.15.0 before 0.24.1 · source: NVD
NA
Nats-server · Linuxfoundation
2.0.0 before 2.7.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24450
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24450
Vendor Advisory
https://advisories.nats.io/CVE/CVE-2022-24450.txt
Release Notes
https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.7.2
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