SCA: security update for github.com/nats-io/jwt, github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2/server (GHSA-9r5x-fjv3-q6h4)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 413440

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- NATS Server 2.x before 2.2.0 and JWT library before 2.0.1 have Incorrect Access Control because Import
Token bindings are mishandled. (CVE-2021-3127)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9r5x-fjv3-q6h4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 413440

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3127

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3127