CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedNexus Repository 3 has a vulnerability in its password change endpoint that allows accounts with nexus:* permissions to alter the administrator password outside the intended onboarding process, due to insufficient verification of the onboarding state. This flaw can lead to unauthorized access and persistence of existing sessions, potentially compromising the repository's security. Organizations using Nexus Repository 3 should prioritize addressing this issue to protect their administrative accounts from unauthorized password changes.
Original NVD Description
Nexus Repository 3 contained an endpoint used to change the administrator account password during initial onboarding. This endpoint did not verify that onboarding was still in progress before allowing the password change, relying instead on the presence of a local onboarding artifact. As a result, an account holding the nexus:* permission could invoke the endpoint outside the intended onboarding flow to replace the administrator password, and existing sessions were not invalidated after the change.