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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, esca…

Info
CVECVE-2026-14644
First seen2026-08-08 07:16 UTC
Disclosed2026-08-07 17:16 UTC
Last updated2026-08-08 07:16 UTC
Channel statusauto

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.

In-depth triage · Auto channel

No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).

Lint boundary warnings (2)

The following non-blocking warnings were raised during the lint phase of this triage (e.g. reference URLs not yet on the allowlist). They do not affect entry usability and are disclosed for transparency (see DR-002).

  • REF_URL_NOT_ALLOWLISTED url not in allowlist: https://help.sonatype.com/en/sonatype-nexus-repository-3-95-0-release-notes.html
  • REF_URL_NOT_ALLOWLISTED url not in allowlist: https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/53157550694675

Sources

  • NVD DATABASE

Original Links

Timeline

  1. nvd_ingest NVD