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Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-17603 · published 7 August 2026

CVE-2026-17603: Sonatype nexus repository manager code injection vulnerability

Sonatype · Nexus Repository Manager

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.

8.7 CVSS 4.0 High EPSS 0.48% · top 60.8% CWE-94 · Code injection
8.7CVSS 4.0 base score
0.48%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
22 Sep 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

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:

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://help.sonatype.com/en/sonatype-nexus-repository-3-95-0-release-notes.html Release Notes
https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/53890127489427/ Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-17603), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.