{"id":"CVE-2026-97712","title":"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","summary":"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.","severity":"high","cvss":8.7,"cvssVector":"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","cwe":["CWE-862"],"vendor":"Sonatype","product":"Nexus Repository 3","affected":["nexus_repository_3 >= 3.0.0 < 3.97.0"],"published":"2026-10-15","updated":"2026-10-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-15T17:17:34.200","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97712","references":[{"url":"https://help.sonatype.com/en/sonatype-nexus-repository-3-97-0-release-notes.html","label":"103e4ec9-0a87-450b-af77-479448ddef11"},{"url":"https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/56207076233619/","label":"103e4ec9-0a87-450b-af77-479448ddef11"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-10-15T16:09:57.653622Z"},"cvssSource":"cna","ingestedAt":"2026-10-15T16:13:11.149Z","slug":"CVE-2026-97712","body":"## Overview\n\nSonatype 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":48,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":47.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}