NATS Server is a high-performance server for NATS.io, the cloud and edge native messaging system. Prior to 2.14.3 and 2.12.12, an unauthenticated MQTT client could cause the server to retain large incomplete MQTT CONNECT packets before authentication completed, consuming server memory while the parser waited for the advertised MQTT packet length. This issue is fixed in versions 2.14.3 and 2.12.12.
https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/security/advisories/GHSA-r72h-j7qq-v6qg
https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.14.3
https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.12.12
https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/commit/e016e47bbf70304945f2ae9dc397e4862adefaf5
https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/commit/bce9ef39469e610aeddb819194ceb7f7edfc0861