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CVE-2026-17603

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.

What this means for your business

  • FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.4% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 32% of all known flaws.

What to do

  1. 1Ask your IT team or provider whether any of your systems use the affected product.
  2. 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.

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Scoring

CVSS
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CVSS v4
8.7
Weakness
CWE-94
Assigned by
103e4ec9-0a87-450b-af77-479448ddef11

Dates

Published
2026-08-07
Last modified
2026-09-01
Sources
NVD

References