CVE-2026-113374: high-severity vulnerability in Sonatype Nexus Repository 3
Nexus Repository 3 - Privilege Escalation via Rut Auth Capability Creation
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.6epss 0.3%
Sonatype Nexus Repository 3 does not require realm administration permission when a user creates a Rut Auth capability. A user who holds only the capability creation permission (nexus:capabilities:create) can create this capability, which turns on header-based authentication for the instance. A remote client can then authenticate as an existing user, including an administrator, without credentials.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
Sonatype · Nexus Repository 3Related CVEs — Sonatype Nexus Repository 3
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2026-17594HIGHNexus Repository 3 - Authorization Bypass in Repository CreationEPSS 1.0%CVE-2026-17603HIGHNexus Repository 3 - HikariCP connectionInitSql Injection RCE via DataStore Configuration APIEPSS 0.9%CVE-2026-77124HIGHNexus Repository 3 - Script Execution Disable Setting Not EnforcedEPSS 0.7%CVE-2026-97666MEDIUMNexus Repository 3 - Unsafe Reflection in ExtDirect Repository EndpointEPSS 0.6%CVE-2026-14644HIGHNexus Repository 3 - Privilege EscalationEPSS 0.6%CVE-2026-17601HIGHNexus Repository 3 - Wildcard Privilege Update Self-Escalation to AdministratorEPSS 0.5%