CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-97712

HighCVSS 8.7
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.27%

17th percentile - higher than 17% of all known CVEs

Summary

Sonatype Nexus Repository 3 allows a user holding the role create or role update permission to grant roles and privileges that the account does not hold. This can lead to privilege escalation up to full administrative access.

Risk Assessment

A low-privileged user can gain full administrative control over the repository, seriously violating the principle of least privilege.

Recommendation

Restrict role create and update permissions to trusted administrators only and apply the vendor update once available.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS