CVE-2026-14504
Authorization bypass in Nexus Repository 3 allows read-only users to upload artifacts.
Is CVE-2026-14504 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-14504 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.45% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-14504?
CVE-2026-14504 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.2. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-14504?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-14504, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2026-14504 affect?
CVE-2026-14504 affects Sonatype Nexus Repository 3, Nexus component upload API, Hosted Swift repositories, Hosted Terraform repositories, and 1 further product or version. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-14504?
Apply vendor patch ASAP or restrict repository write paths and audit uploads; tighten repo permissions.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Unauthorized artifact upload to Swift/Terraform/Conda hosted repos, enabling supply-chain poisoning, malicious package deployment, or downstream code execution.
Immediate action required
- affected>= 3.88.0 and < 3.94.0
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.