CVE-2026-17601

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-17601
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-17601.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-17601
Downstream
MINI (2)
Published
2026-08-07T16:07:42Z
Modified
2026-09-25T03:46:19Z
Severity
  • 8.9 (High) CVSS_V4 - 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 CVSS Calculator
Summary
Nexus Repository 3 - Wildcard Privilege Update Self-Escalation to Administrator
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Sonatype",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-862"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/17xxx/CVE-2026-17601.json",
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "3.19.0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "3.95.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/sonatype/nexus-public

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/sonatype/nexus-public
Events
Database specific
Show details
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:sonatype:nexus_repository_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "3.19.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "3.95.0"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-17601.json"