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Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)Weakness · CWE-918

CVE-2026-17597

MEDIUM · 5.1 CVSS v4.0 Published 2026-08-07
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57/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable Zero-click 12 days old

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Nexus Repository 3 contains a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the email configuration verification feature. A user holding the nexus:settings:update permission could submit arbitrary host and port values to the email test/verification endpoint, causing the server to attempt outbound network connections to internal or otherwise restricted network addresses. Differences in the server's response could be used to infer whether internal hosts and ports are reachable. This issue affects Nexus Repository 3 CE/Pro versions up to and including 3.94.1, and is fixed in version 3.95.0.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

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How this class of weakness works · CWE-918

The server can be induced to make requests to a URL an attacker controls, turning it into a proxy into internal networks and cloud metadata services. It's especially dangerous behind a trusted network boundary. The fix is strict allow-listing of destinations and blocking access to internal address ranges.

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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
Authentication
X
User interaction
None
Scope
X

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/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

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Recommended fix High confidence

3.95.0

  1. Schedule upgrade during a maintenance window
  2. Back up your Nexus Repository 3 configuration and data directory
  3. Download Nexus Repository 3 version 3.95.0 from the official Sonatype download page
  4. Stop the running Nexus Repository 3 service
  5. Install or extract version 3.95.0 following standard upgrade procedures
  6. Start the upgraded Nexus Repository 3 instance
  7. Verify the email configuration feature works correctly
  8. Confirm the SSRF vulnerability is remediated by testing the email verification endpoint with internal addresses (it should now reject or sanitize such requests)

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