CVE-2022-29946

Description

NATS.io NATS Server before 2.8.2 and Streaming Server before 0.24.6 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the failure to enforce negative user permissions in one scenario. By using a queue subscription on the wildcard, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to allow denied subjects.

How to fix CVE-2022-29946

To remediate CVE-2022-29946, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• —upgrade to 2.9.8-1 or later
• —no fix listed
• —upgrade to 2.8.2 or later
• —upgrade to 2.8.2 or later
• —upgrade to 0.24.6 or later
• —upgrade to 0.24.6 or later

Is CVE-2022-29946 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (6)

• from 0, < 2.9.8-1
• from 0
• from 0, < 2.8.2
• from 0, < 2.8.2
• from 0, < 0.24.6
• from 0, < 0.24.6

CVSS scores

References (4)

• ADVISORYgithub.com/advisories/GHSA-2h2x-8hh2-mfq8
• ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29946
• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-29946
• WEBgithub.com/nats-io/advisories/blob/main/CVE/CVE-2022-29946.txt