{"id":"CVE-2026-17601","title":"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, withou…","summary":"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, withou…","severity":"high","cvss":7.2,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-862"],"vendor":"sonatype","product":"nexus_repository_manager","affected":["nexus_repository_manager >= 3.19.0, < 3.95.0"],"patched":["nexus_repository_manager 3.95.0"],"published":"2026-08-07","updated":"2026-09-23","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-23T15:57:42.093","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-17601","references":[{"url":"https://help.sonatype.com/en/sonatype-nexus-repository-3-95-0-release-notes.html","label":"103e4ec9-0a87-450b-af77-479448ddef11"},{"url":"https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/53889365883539/","label":"103e4ec9-0a87-450b-af77-479448ddef11"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00248,"epssPercentile":0.16444,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-23T16:27:22.627Z","slug":"CVE-2026-17601","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `nexus_repository_manager >= 3.19.0, < 3.95.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `nexus_repository_manager 3.95.0`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":40,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":39.6,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}