CVE-2026-17601CWE-862broken-access-control

CVE-2026-17601

High · published August 7, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
20.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.2 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00288 · 20.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
Published
2026-08-07T21:17Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
sonatype/nexus_repository_manager≥ 3.19.0, < 3.95.03.95.0
References (2)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 AUG 16:07Z
    Nexus Repository 3 - Wildcard Privilege Update Self-Escalation to Administrator
    cvelistv5