CVE-2026-17596CWE-79cross-site-scripting

CVE-2026-17596

Medium · published August 7, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
15.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Nexus Repository 3 was found to be vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS). A user with the nexus:blobstores:create or nexus:blobstores:update permission could set a blob store name containing malicious script content, which would later execute in the browser of another user viewing system health-check status. This issue has been fixed in version 3.95.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.1 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00252 · 15.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Published
2026-08-07T21:17Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
sonatype/nexus_repository_manager≥ 3.16.0, < 3.95.03.95.0
References (2)
https://help.sonatype.com/en/sonatype-nexus-repository-3-95-0-release-notes.html · 103e4ec9-0a87-450b-af77-479448ddef11https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/53871280401555/ · 103e4ec9-0a87-450b-af77-479448ddef11
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 AUG 16:07Z
    Nexus Repository 3 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via Blob Store Name
    cvelistv5