CVE-2022-24450

moderate-risk
Published 2022-02-08

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.53% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
8
CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Nats Streaming Server

Affected Vendors

Linuxfoundation Nats

References (4)

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
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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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low