CVE-2026-14644
8.6
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
Nexus Repository 3 contained a privilege escalation vulnerability in the REST privileges API. An authenticated user with permission to manage privileges could, under certain role configurations, escalate their own access to full administrator by exploiting a type-confusion flaw in the privilege update endpoint.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonatype | Nexus Repository 3 | 3.19.0 < 3.95.0 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-843: CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: total
References
- https://help.sonatype.com/en/sonatype-nexus-repository-3-95-0-release-notes.html
- https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/53157550694675
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