CVE-2026-17599: Nexus Repository 3 - Unverified Onboarding State on change-admin-password Endpoint
Sonatype · Nexus Repository 3
Vendor fix available · Affected: Sonatype Nexus Repository 3 · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 42% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
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.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Sonatype · Nexus Repository 3from 3.17.0 before 3.95.0
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Sonatype
- Published
- August 2026
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