CVE-2026-17601

HIGHPre-NVD 8.98.9—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 8.9 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.2%, top 88% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
8.9EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.9Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

A user holding a permission to update privilege definitions could modify a wildcard privilege already assigned to their own role to grant broader permissions than they were authorized to hold, including full administrative access, without any additional authorization check or role reassignment.

CVSS v3
8.9
EG Score
8.9(medium)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity89% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
12%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 7, 2026

Last Modified

August 7, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 7, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Sonatype Nexus Repository 3.95.0 Release Notes

https://help.sonatype.com/en/sonatype-nexus-repository-3-95-0-release-notes.html

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-17601(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 26× in last 7d / 56× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-20 23:30 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-20 23:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 11:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-20 00:02 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-20 00:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-19 12:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-19 00:32 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-19 00:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-18 12:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-18 00:56 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-18 00:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-17 12:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-17 01:11 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-17 01:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-16 13:27 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-16 13:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-16 01:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-15 14:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-15 02:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-14 14:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-14 02:49 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-14 02:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-13 15:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-13 03:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-12 15:39 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-12 15:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-12 03:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-11 16:13 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-11 16:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-11 04:29 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-11 04:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-10 16:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-10 05:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-09 17:19 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-09 17:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-09 05:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-08 17:53 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-08 17:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-08-08 06:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-08-07 18:26 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-08-07 18:07 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-08-07 17:25 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-08-07 16:27 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-08-07 16:27 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-17601?
CVE-2026-17601 is a high vulnerability published on August 7, 2026. A user holding a permission to update privilege definitions could modify a wildcard privilege already assigned to their own role to grant broader permissions than they were authorized to hold, including full administrative access, without any additional authorization check or role reassignment.
When was CVE-2026-17601 disclosed?
CVE-2026-17601 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 7, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-17601 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-17601 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 87.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-17601?
CVE-2026-17601 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.9 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-17601?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-17601, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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