CVE-2026-14644Nexus Repository 3 - Privilege Escalation

Description

Nexus Repository 3 contained a privilege escalation vulnerability in the REST privileges API. An authenticated user with permission to manage privileges could, under certain role configurations, escalate their own access to full administrator by exploiting a type-confusion flaw in the privilege update endpoint.

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

References and patches

• https://help.sonatype.com/en/sonatype-nexus-repository-3-95-0-release-notes.html patchRelease Notes
• https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/53157550694675 vendor-advisoryVendor Advisory