High severity7.2NVD Advisory· Published Aug 7, 2026· Updated Sep 22, 2026
CVE-2026-14644
CVE-2026-14644
Description
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.
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:sonatype:nexus_repository_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: >=3.19.0,<3.95.0
Patches
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References
2- support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/53157550694675nvdVendor Advisory
- help.sonatype.com/en/sonatype-nexus-repository-3-95-0-release-notes.htmlnvdRelease Notes
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