cve-2026-17601

HIGH CVSS 7.2 fkie_nvd
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.

Timeline
Published
unknown
Last Modified
unknown
CVSS Details
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
Affected Products
  • sonatype nexus_repository_manager
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-862
CVSS metrics
Version Base Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Source
4.0 8.9 HIGH 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X 103e4ec9-0a87-450b-af77-479448ddef11
3.1 7.2 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 1.2 5.9 nvd@nist.gov
CPE configurations
OR
CPE Version range Vulnerable
cpe:2.3:a:sonatype:nexus_repository_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* >= 3.19.0, < 3.95.0 yes
NVD metadata
NVD status
Analyzed
Source identifier
103e4ec9-0a87-450b-af77-479448ddef11
References
Linked Vulnerabilities

No linked vulnerabilities found.

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