Client TLS credentials sent raw to server in npm package nats

Description

Nats is a Node.js client for the NATS messaging system.

Recommendation

Update the nats package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): >= 2.0.0-201, <= 2.0.0-208
• Patched version(s): 2.0.0-209

References

• GHSA-prmc-5v5w-c465
• advisories.nats.io
• CWE-522
• OWASP 2021-A4

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