CVE-2026-97712
HIGH 8.7Sonatype Nexus Repository 3 allows a user that holds the role create or role update permission to grant roles and privileges that the account does not hold. This can give the user more access than intended, up to full administrative access.
Severe if exploited (CVSS 8.7), but no known exploitation and low modeled probability. Patch on a normal cadence.
Exploitation likelihood
0.3%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 18th percentile
Impact if exploited
8.7CVSS 4.0 · HIGH
- ConfidentialityHigh
- IntegrityHigh
- AvailabilityHigh
What an attacker needs
- ✓Access: Reachable over the network — no local access needed
- ⚠Privileges: Requires a low-privilege account
- ✓User interaction: No user interaction needed
- ✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable
- ✓Requirements: No special attack requirements
✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it
Proof of concept
No public PoC is currently catalogued.
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Data snapshot:
Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-862: Missing Authorization
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References and research data (JSON)
Vendor product assessments
All currently supported Red Hat products · known not affected
Vendor assessment for this product only.
Reason: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat · CVE-2026-97712 · Updated 2026-10-16T18:14:54+00:00
All CVSS metrics
- HIGH 8.7 v4.0 · CNA Primary
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - HIGH 8.7 v4.0 · NVD Secondary
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
References
Patches & mitigations
- https://help.sonatype.com/en/sonatype-nexus-repository-3-97-0-release-notes.html CVE record · Sonatype · Updated 2026-10-15T15:34:40.948Z
NVD · CVE-2026-97712 · Updated 2026-10-16T19:55:59.740
Advisories
- https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/56207076233619/ CVE record · Sonatype · Updated 2026-10-15T15:34:40.948Z
NVD · CVE-2026-97712 · Updated 2026-10-16T19:55:59.740 - https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-97712.json Red Hat · CVE-2026-97712 · Updated 2026-10-16T18:14:54+00:00
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-102155 EUVD · EUVD-2026-102155
Technical & other
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97712 Red Hat · CVE-2026-97712 · Updated 2026-10-16T18:14:54+00:00
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97712 Red Hat · CVE-2026-97712 · Updated 2026-10-16T18:14:54+00:00