CVE-2026-97712Nexus Repository 3 - Privilege Escalation via Role Management

Description

Sonatype Nexus Repository 3 allows a user that holds the role create or role update permission to grant roles and privileges that the account does not hold. This can give the user more access than intended, up to full administrative access.

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-3-97-0-release-notes.html patch
• https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/56207076233619/ vendor-advisory