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CVE-2026-17603

Sonatype Nexus Repository 3VulnerabilityCVSS 8.7

Nexus Repository 3 did not sufficiently restrict which HikariCP connection-pool properties could be set through the DataStore configuration API. A user holding the nx-datastores-update permission could set the connectionInitSql property to execute arbitrary SQL against the configured database on every new connection. On the default H2 database backend, this could be leveraged to achieve remote code execution as the Nexus process user.

No public exploitation has been reported so far. No distribution fix is listed yet; apply vendor mitigations and monitor.

Recommended action: Track your distribution's security tracker and apply the fix as soon as it ships.

CVE-2026-17603 Sonatype Nexus Repository 3 Vulnerability

Severity metrics

CVSS 4.0 : 8.7 HIGH

Attack vectorNetwork (remote)
Attack complexityLow
Attack requirementsNone
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Subsequent confidentialityNone
Subsequent integrityNone
Subsequent availabilityNone

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected & fixed versions by distribution

Versions are the native distribution strings (backport-aware): RHEL/Debian/SUSE backport fixes, so compare with the distro version comparator (dpkg / rpm / vercmp), not the upstream version.

No affected package in the tracked watchlist yet (Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, SUSE, Red Hat...). Triage may still be pending.

Sources

Advisory NVD CVE.org

Other vulnerabilities in Sonatype Nexus Repository 3

Published 2026-08-07 · source: NVD