CVE-2026-97712 PUBLISHED

Nexus Repository 3 - Privilege Escalation via Role Management

Assigner: Sonatype
Reserved: 24.09.2026 Published: 15.10.2026 Updated: 15.10.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.7

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	High	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	High	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	High	Availability	None
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	Sonatype
Product	Nexus Repository 3
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 3.0.0 to 3.97.0 (excl.)

Credits

Beni Saprulah (HackerOne: https://hackerone.com/bebensap, LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beni-saprulah) finder

References

Problem Types

CWE-862 Missing Authorization CWE