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+{
+  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
+  "id": "GHSA-x6g4-f6q3-fqvv",
+  "modified": "2026-03-24T20:44:00Z",
+  "published": "2026-03-24T20:44:00Z",
+  "aliases": [
+    "CVE-2026-33247"
+  ],
+  "summary": "NATS credentials are exposed in monitoring port via command-line argv",
+  "details": "### Background\n\nNATS.io is a high performance open source pub-sub distributed communication technology, built for the cloud, on-premise, IoT, and edge computing.\n\nThe nats-server provides an optional monitoring port, which provides access to sensitive data.  The nats-server can take certain configuration options on the command-line instead of requiring a configuration file.\n\n\n### Problem Description\n\nIf a nats-server is run with static credentials for all clients provided via argv (the command-line), then those credentials are visible to any user who can see the monitoring port, if that too is enabled.\n\nThe `/debug/vars` end-point contains an unredacted copy of argv.\n\n### Patches\n\nFixed in nats-server 2.12.6 & 2.11.15\n\n### Workarounds\n\nThe NATS Maintainers are bemused at the concept of someone deploying a real configuration using `--pass` to avoid a config file, but also enabling monitoring.\n\nConfigure credentials inside a configuration file instead of via argv.\n\nDo not enable the monitoring port if using secrets in argv.\n\nBest practice remains to not expose the monitoring port to the Internet, or to untrusted network sources.",
+  "severity": [
+    {
+      "type": "CVSS_V3",
+      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"
+    }
+  ],
+  "affected": [
+    {
+      "package": {
+        "ecosystem": "Go",
+        "name": "github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2"
+      },
+      "ranges": [
+        {
+          "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
+          "events": [
+            {
+              "introduced": "0"
+            },
+            {
+              "fixed": "2.11.15"
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "package": {
+        "ecosystem": "Go",
+        "name": "github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2"
+      },
+      "ranges": [
+        {
+          "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
+          "events": [
+            {
+              "introduced": "2.12.0-RC.1"
+            },
+            {
+              "fixed": "2.12.6"
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "references": [
+    {
+      "type": "WEB",
+      "url": "https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/security/advisories/GHSA-x6g4-f6q3-fqvv"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "WEB",
+      "url": "https://advisories.nats.io/CVE/secnote-2026-14.txt"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "PACKAGE",
+      "url": "https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server"
+    }
+  ],
+  "database_specific": {
+    "cwe_ids": [
+      "CWE-215"
+    ],
+    "severity": "HIGH",
+    "github_reviewed": true,
+    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-03-24T20:44:00Z",
+    "nvd_published_at": null
+  }
+}