CVE-2026-17596

6.3 mediumEPSS 0.4%

Nexus Repository 3 was found to be vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS). A user with the nexus:blobstores:create or nexus:blobstores:update permission could set a blob store name containing malicious script content, which would later execute in the browser of another user viewing system health-check status. This issue has been fixed in version 3.95.0.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

6.3 medium

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

6.1 medium

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

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 37% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
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/53871280401555/

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