CVE-2026-14644

8.6 highEPSS 0.6%

High (8.6) in sonatype nexus repository manager. EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

8.6 high

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

CVSS 3.1

7.2 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 49% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-843
Published: 2026-08-07
Modified: 2026-09-22
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

sonatype:nexus_repository_manager

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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