CVE-2020-26521
The JWT library in NATS nats-server before 2.1.9 allows a denial of service (a nil dereference in Go code).
02 Description
The JWT library in NATS nats-server before 2.1.9 allows a denial of service (a nil dereference in Go code).
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-11-06 07:35Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 15:56Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-10-02
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 09e4d20c19dbce06977c4fea03fd5dcb1ddc9a5e90608d4c0862c3c34286ef42
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/commits/master
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/02/2
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-2c8851d48bhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VT67XCLIIBYRT762SVFBYFFTQFVSM3SI/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- golang-github-nats-io-jwt Fixed in 2.2.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- golang-github-nats-io-jwt Fixed in 2.2.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- golang-github-nats-io-jwt Fixed in 2.2.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- golang-github-nats-io-jwt No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- golang-github-nats-io-jwt No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- golang-github-nats-io-jwt No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 25.10
- golang-github-nats-io-jwt No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- golang-github-nats-io-jwt No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.10
- golang-github-nats-io-jwt No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.