SCA: security update for github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2, github.com/nats-io/nats-streaming-server (GHSA-g6w6-r76c-28j7)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 414943

Description

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

- 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.
(CVE-2022-24450)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g6w6-r76c-28j7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 414943

Version: Revision 1.9

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-24450

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/8/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-24450

cwe: CWE-863