Nexus Repository 3 - Wildcard Privilege Update Self-Escalation to Administrator
18Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.9
exploitation probability
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observed exploitation
nono source reports it
A user holding a permission to update privilege definitions could modify a wildcard privilege already assigned to their own role to grant broader permissions than they were authorized to hold, including full administrative access, without any additional authorization check or role reassignment.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L
Affected products
Sonatype · Nexus Repository 3