CVE-2026-17603 | BDVDB-2026-356237 Detail

SonatypeNexus Repository 3

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.

Impact#

Per CVSS v4.0: confidentiality impact high, integrity impact high, availability impact high. Attack vector: network.

Weaknesses#

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

References#

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12026-08-07Record published in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2026-08-07
Last modified: 2026-08-07

Vendor information

Vendor: Sonatype
Product: Nexus Repository 3

All Sonatype vulnerabilities

Score

8.7 High

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 59.0.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Code Injection

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
>= 3.20.0 and < 3.95.0
Fixed
3.95.0

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

8.7 High

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

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	Low
Attack Requirements	None
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality	High
Vulnerable System Integrity	High
Vulnerable System Availability	High
Subsequent System Confidentiality	None
Subsequent System Integrity	None
Subsequent System Availability	None

CVSS v3.1

Not available

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).