XSS in Sonatype Nexus Repository 3
CVE-2026-17596
Nexus Repository 3 was found to be vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS). A user with the nexus:blobstores:create or nexus:blobstores:update permission could set a blob store name containing malicious script content, which would later execute in the browser of another user viewing system health-check status. This issue has been fixed in version 3.95.0.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.002 (15.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Sonatype Nexus Repository 3 — versions 3.16.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- 103e4ec9-0a87-450b-af77-479448ddef11 (patch)
- 103e4ec9-0a87-450b-af77-479448ddef11 (vendor-advisory)