Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager up to 3.92.x Format-Specific API Key Generation improper authorization

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager up to 3.92.x. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Format-Specific API Key Generation. Such manipulation leads to improper authorization. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-11403. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager up to 3.92.x and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Format-Specific API Key Generation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager's format-specific API key generation may allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to repository operations as a targeted user. A format-specific API key realm (NuGet API Key, Docker Bearer Token, or npm Bearer Token) must be enabled and the targeted user must have an active API key for this vulnerability to be exploitable.

The advisory is available at help.sonatype.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-11403 since 06/05/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1548.002 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 3.93.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Sonatype

Name

• Nexus Repository Manager

Version

• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.3
• 3.4
• 3.5
• 3.6
• 3.7
• 3.8
• 3.9
• 3.10
• 3.11
• 3.12
• 3.13
• 3.14
• 3.15
• 3.16
• 3.17
• 3.18
• 3.19
• 3.20
• 3.21
• 3.22
• 3.23
• 3.24
• 3.25
• 3.26
• 3.27
• 3.28
• 3.29
• 3.30
• 3.31
• 3.32
• 3.33
• 3.34
• 3.35
• 3.36
• 3.37
• 3.38
• 3.39
• 3.40
• 3.41
• 3.42
• 3.43
• 3.44
• 3.45
• 3.46
• 3.47
• 3.48
• 3.49
• 3.50
• 3.51
• 3.52
• 3.53
• 3.54
• 3.55
• 3.56
• 3.57
• 3.58
• 3.59
• 3.60
• 3.61
• 3.62
• 3.63
• 3.64
• 3.65
• 3.66
• 3.67
• 3.68
• 3.69
• 3.70
• 3.71
• 3.72
• 3.73
• 3.74
• 3.75
• 3.76
• 3.77
• 3.78
• 3.79
• 3.80
• 3.81
• 3.82
• 3.83
• 3.84
• 3.85
• 3.86
• 3.87
• 3.88
• 3.89
• 3.90
• 3.91
• 3.92

License

• commercial

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