CVE-2026-17599Nexus Repository 3 - Unverified Onboarding State on change-admin-password Endpoint
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Nexus Repository 3 contained an endpoint used to change the administrator account password during initial onboarding. This endpoint did not verify that onboarding was still in progress before allowing the password change, relying instead on the presence of a local onboarding artifact. As a result, an account holding the nexus:* permission could invoke the endpoint outside the intended onboarding flow to replace the administrator password, and existing sessions were not invalidated after the change.
- CVSS
- 6.9 MEDIUM (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-620
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Sonatype
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Aug 7, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Sonatype Nexus Repository 3 sonatype:nexus_repository_manager | from 3.17.0 before 3.95.0 | CNA record |
sonatype nexus_repository_manager sonatype:nexus_repository_manager | from 3.17.0 before 3.95.0 | NVD |
References
- https://help.sonatype.com/en/sonatype-nexus-repository-3-95-0-release-notes.htmlpatch, release-notes
- https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/53884654627475/vendor-advisory
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