CVE•Published 2026-08-07•Modified 2026-09-01•0 articles on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-17599
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
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EPSS percentile
21
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 79% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Nexus Repository 3 contained an endpoint used to change the administrator account password during initial onboarding. This endpoint did not verify that onboarding was still in progress before allowing the password change, relying instead on the presence of a local onboarding artifact. As a result, an account holding the nexus:* permission could invoke the endpoint outside the intended onboarding flow to replace the administrator password, and existing sessions were not invalidated after the change.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-07
Modified 2026-09-01
External references
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Known PoCs on GitHub
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