HIGH
CVE-2026-14644
CVSS
8.6
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 (CWE)
CWE-843
Type Confusion
EPSS Score
0.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
19.5th percentile
References
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