CVE-2026-14644

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.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://help.sonatype.com/en/sonatype-nexus-repository-3-95-0-release-notes.html
https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/53157550694675

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-07 17:16

Updated : 2026-09-01 20:54

NVD link : CVE-2026-14644

Mitre link : CVE-2026-14644

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-14644

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-843

Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

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