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CVE-2022-24450

Q: Is CVE-2022-24450 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2022-24450 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.3% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Q: What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-24450?

CVE-2022-24450 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

Published2022-02-08
WeaknessCWE-862

Am I affected?

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Description

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.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2022-02-0802:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

Block these indicators

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CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-24450?format=csv
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Versions per branch

OSV · NVD

nats-io/nats-server

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
—	all versions	no fix published	OSV

Linuxfoundation nats-server

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
2.x	≥ 2.0.0, < 2.7.2	2.7.2	NVD · OSV

Nats nats streaming server

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
0.x	≥ 0.15.0, < 0.24.1	0.24.1	NVD · OSV

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Vendor advisories

RHSA-2022:5201 Red Hat Product Security221 products fixed
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management 2.4.5 security updates and bug fixes
RHSA-2022:4956 Red Hat Product Security204 products fixed
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management 2.5 security updates, images, and bug fixes
RHSA-2022:1681 Red Hat Product Security221 products fixed
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management 2.4.4 security updates and bug fixes
RHSA-2022:1476 Red Hat Product Security221 products fixed
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management 2.4.3 security updates and bug fixes
RHSA-2022:0735 Red Hat Product Security221 products fixed
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management 2.4.2 security updates and bug fixes

Full record on NVD

Fix

Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2022:5201 · 221 productsFor Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes, see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on installing this update: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes/2.5/html-s…
Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2022:4956 · 204 productsFor Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes, see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on installing this release: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes/2.5/html-…
Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2022:1681 · 221 productsFor Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes, see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_…
Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2022:0735 · 221 productsBefore applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes/2.4/html-single/install/index#instal…

Advisories and patches

advisories.nats.ioVendor Advisory
github.comRelease Notes

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

NVDCVSS 3.18.8read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 2.09read 2026-10-23
NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-862read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.3 %2026-10-23
OSVaffected packages—

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: 2022-02-08
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-24450?

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.

Is CVE-2022-24450 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2022-24450 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.3% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-24450?

CVE-2022-24450 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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