VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-14644

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.61%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-08-07
Last modified2026-09-22
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • 103e4ec9-0a87-450b-af77-479448ddef11: CWE-843

Primary references