CVE-2026-17601: high-severity vulnerability in Sonatype Nexus Repository 3
Nexus Repository 3 - Wildcard Privilege Update Self-Escalation to Administrator
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.9epss 0.5%
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 3Related CVEs — Sonatype Nexus Repository 3
In the same product, most dangerous first.
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