Nexus Repository 3 - HikariCP connectionInitSql Injection RCE via DataStore Configuration API

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-17603
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerSonatype
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-08-07 17:17:01 UTC
Updated2026-08-07 18:17:09 UTC
DescriptionNexus 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v4.0 8.7 HIGH from 103e4ec9-0a87-450b-af77-479448ddef11

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:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Problem Types: CWE-94 | CWE-94 CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.0103e4ec9-0a87-450b-af77-479448ddef11Secondary8.7HIGHCVSS: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/C...
4.0CNACVSS8.7HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS v4.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Sub Conf.
None
Sub Integrity
None
Sub Availability
None

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:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Sonatype Nexus Repository 3 affected 3.20.0 3.95.0 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/53890127489427 103e4ec9-0a87-450b-af77-479448ddef11 support.sonatype.com
help.sonatype.com/en/sonatype-nexus-repository-3-95-0-release-notes.html 103e4ec9-0a87-450b-af77-479448ddef11 help.sonatype.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Shreyas Chavhan (@shreyaschavhan) (en)

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