CVE-2026-17601Nexus Repository 3 - Wildcard Privilege Update Self-Escalation to Administrator

Description

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.

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/53889365883539/ vendor-advisoryVendor Advisory