CVE-2022-24450

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 v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 9.0 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

9.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://advisories.nats.io/CVE/CVE-2022-24450.txt	Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.7.2	Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://advisories.nats.io/CVE/CVE-2022-24450.txt	Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.7.2	Release Notes Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:nats-server::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:nats:nats_streaming_server::::::::

History

30 Mar 2026, 14:30

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE	cpe:2.3:a:nats:nats_server::::::::	cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:nats-server::::::::
First Time		Linuxfoundation nats-server Linuxfoundation

Information

Published : 2022-02-08 02:15

Updated : 2026-03-30 14:30

NVD link : CVE-2022-24450

Mitre link : CVE-2022-24450

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-24450

JSON object : View

Products Affected

nats

nats_streaming_server

linuxfoundation

nats-server

CWE

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

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