Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager
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By the Year
In 2026 there have been 7 vulnerabilities in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager. Last year, in 2025 Nexus Repository Manager had 2 security vulnerabilities published. That is, 5 more vulnerabilities have already been reported in 2026 as compared to last year.
| Year | Vulnerabilities | Average Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 0.00 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0.00 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2022 | 2 | 4.30 |
| 2021 | 6 | 4.95 |
| 2020 | 3 | 7.55 |
| 2019 | 8 | 7.30 |
| 2018 | 6 | 6.30 |
It may take a day or so for new Nexus Repository Manager vulnerabilities to show up in the stats or in the list of recent security vulnerabilities. Additionally vulnerabilities may be tagged under a different product or component name.
Recent Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager Security Vulnerabilities
XSS via Repository HTML Index in Nexus Repository 3.6.0-3.92.0
CVE-2026-7308
- May 11, 2026
An authenticated user with upload permission to a hosted repository can store content that causes arbitrary JavaScript to execute in the browser of any user who browses that repository directory via the HTML index page in Sonatype Nexus Repository versions 3.6.0 through versions before 3.92.0. This could allow the attacker to perform actions in the context of the victim's session.
XSS
Server-Side Connection Initiation in Nexus Repository Manager 3.x via LDAP Admin
CVE-2026-3048
- May 11, 2026
An authenticated administrator who configures or tests LDAP connectivity in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager versions 3.0.0 through 3.91.1 may be able to initiate unintended server-side connections when interacting with a malicious LDAP server.
Marshaling, Unmarshaling
Hard-Coded Credentials in Nexus Repository Manager 3.0.0-3.70.5 Allow Unauth OS Cmds
CVE-2026-5189
- April 15, 2026
CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager versions 3.0.0 through 3.70.5 allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to gain unauthorized read/write access to the internal database and execute arbitrary OS commands as the Nexus process user. Exploitation requires the non-default nexus.orient.binaryListenerEnabled=true configuration to be enabled.
Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Sonatype Nexus 3.22.1-3.90.2 Task Exec perm bypassing nexus.scripts.allowCreation
CVE-2026-3199
- April 08, 2026
A vulnerability in the task management component of Sonatype Nexus Repository versions 3.22.1 through 3.90.2 allows an authenticated attacker with task creation permissions to execute arbitrary code, bypassing the nexus.scripts.allowCreation security control.
Marshaling, Unmarshaling
Reflected XSS in Sonatype Nexus Repo 3.0.0-3.90.2 via Craft URL
CVE-2026-3438
- April 08, 2026
A reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in Sonatype Nexus Repository versions 3.0.0 through 3.90.2 that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in a victim's browser through a specially crafted URL. Exploitation requires user interaction.
XSS
Nexus Repository 3 SSRF via Proxy Repo URL (v3.0.0+; fixed 3.88.0+)
CVE-2026-0600
- January 14, 2026
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Sonatype Nexus Repository 3 versions 3.0.0 and later allows authenticated administrators to configure proxy repositories with URLs that can access unintended network destinations, potentially including cloud metadata services and internal network resources. A workaround configuration is available starting in version 3.88.0, but the product remains vulnerable by default.
SSRF
CVE-2026-0601: Reflected XSS in Nexus Repository 3 via Unsanitized Input
CVE-2026-0601
- January 14, 2026
A reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in Nexus Repository 3 that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in a victim's browser through a specially crafted request requiring user interaction.
XSS
Sonatype Nexus Repo 3.83.0: XSS from missing security header
CVE-2025-13488
- December 04, 2025
Due to a regression introduced in version 3.83.0, a security header is no longer applied to certain user-uploaded content served from repositories. This may allow an authenticated attacker with repository upload privileges to exploit a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability with user context.
XSS
SSRF in Sonatype Nexus Repository 2.15.2 Remote Browser Plugin
CVE-2025-9868
- October 08, 2025
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in the Remote Browser Plugin in Sonatype Nexus Repository 2.x up to and including 2.15.2 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to exfiltrate proxy repository credentials via crafted HTTP requests.
SSRF
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3.x before 3.38.0
CVE-2022-27907
4.3 - Medium
- March 30, 2022
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3.x before 3.38.0 allows SSRF.
SSRF
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3.36.0
CVE-2021-43961
4.3 - Medium
- March 17, 2022
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3.36.0 allows HTML Injection.
XSS
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3.x before 3.36.0
CVE-2021-43293
4.3 - Medium
- November 04, 2021
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3.x before 3.36.0 allows a remote authenticated attacker to potentially perform network enumeration via Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF).
SSRF
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3.x through 3.35.0
CVE-2021-42568
4.3 - Medium
- November 02, 2021
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3.x through 3.35.0 allows attackers to access the SSL Certificates Loading function via a low-privileged account.
Information Disclosure
Multiple XSS issues exist in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3 before 3.33.0
CVE-2021-37152
5.4 - Medium
- August 10, 2021
Multiple XSS issues exist in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3 before 3.33.0. An authenticated attacker with the ability to add HTML files to a repository could redirect users to Nexus Repository Managers pages with code modifications.
XSS
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3.x before 3.31.0
CVE-2021-34553
4.3 - Medium
- June 18, 2021
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3.x before 3.31.0 allows a remote authenticated attacker to get a list of blob files and read the content of a blob file (via a GET request) without having been granted access.
Directory traversal
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been discovered in Nexus Repository Manager 3.x before 3.30.1
CVE-2021-29159
6.1 - Medium
- April 28, 2021
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been discovered in Nexus Repository Manager 3.x before 3.30.1. An attacker with a local account can create entities with crafted properties that, when viewed by an administrator, can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the NXRM application.
XSS
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3.x before 3.30.1 allows a remote attacker to get a list of files and directories
CVE-2021-30635
5.3 - Medium
- April 27, 2021
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3.x before 3.30.1 allows a remote attacker to get a list of files and directories that exist in a UI-related folder via directory traversal (no customer-specific data is exposed).
Directory traversal
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3.x before 3.29.0
CVE-2020-29436
6.5 - Medium
- December 17, 2020
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3.x before 3.29.0 allows a user with admin privileges to configure the system to gain access to content outside of NXRM via an XXE vulnerability. Fixed in version 3.29.0.
XXE
A Directory Traversal issue was discovered in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 2.x before 2.14.19
CVE-2020-15012
8.6 - High
- October 12, 2020
A Directory Traversal issue was discovered in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 2.x before 2.14.19. A user that requests a crafted path can traverse up the file system to get access to content on disk (that the user running nxrm also has access to).
Directory traversal
An issue was discovered in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 2.x before 2.14.17 and 3.x before 3.22.1
CVE-2020-11415
- April 27, 2020
An issue was discovered in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 2.x before 2.14.17 and 3.x before 3.22.1. Admin users can retrieve the LDAP server system username/password (as configured in nxrm) in cleartext.
There is an OS Command Injection in Nexus Repository Manager <= 2.14.14 (bypass CVE-2019-5475)
CVE-2019-15588
7.2 - High
- November 01, 2019
There is an OS Command Injection in Nexus Repository Manager <= 2.14.14 (bypass CVE-2019-5475) that could allow an attacker a Remote Code Execution (RCE). All instances using CommandLineExecutor.java with user-supplied data is vulnerable, such as the Yum Configuration Capability.
Shell injection
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 2.x before 2.14.15 and 3.x before 3.19
CVE-2019-16530
7.2 - High
- October 21, 2019
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 2.x before 2.14.15 and 3.x before 3.19, and IQ Server before 72, has remote code execution.
Unrestricted File Upload
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 2.x before 2.14.15
CVE-2019-15893
7.2 - High
- October 16, 2019
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 2.x before 2.14.15 allows Remote Code Execution.
The Nexus Yum Repository Plugin in v2 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution when instances using CommandLineExecutor.java are supplied vulnerable data
CVE-2019-5475
8.8 - High
- September 03, 2019
The Nexus Yum Repository Plugin in v2 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution when instances using CommandLineExecutor.java are supplied vulnerable data, such as the Yum Configuration Capability.
Shell injection
In Nexus Repository Manager before 3.18.0, users with elevated privileges
CVE-2019-14469
- August 22, 2019
In Nexus Repository Manager before 3.18.0, users with elevated privileges can create stored XSS.
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.17.0 establishes a default administrator user with weak defaults (fixed credentials).
CVE-2019-9629
- July 08, 2019
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.17.0 establishes a default administrator user with weak defaults (fixed credentials).
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.17.0 has a weak default of giving any unauthenticated user read permissions on the repository files and images.
CVE-2019-9630
- July 08, 2019
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.17.0 has a weak default of giving any unauthenticated user read permissions on the repository files and images.
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 2.x before 2.14.13
CVE-2019-11629
6.1 - Medium
- May 07, 2019
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 2.x before 2.14.13 allows XSS.
XSS
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.14
CVE-2018-16619
6.1 - Medium
- November 15, 2018
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.14 allows XSS.
XSS
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.14 has Incorrect Access Control.
CVE-2018-16620
7.5 - High
- November 15, 2018
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.14 has Incorrect Access Control.
AuthZ
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.14
CVE-2018-16621
7.2 - High
- November 15, 2018
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.14 allows Java Expression Language Injection.
EL Injection
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager versions 3.x before 3.12.0 has XSS in multiple areas in the Administration UI.
CVE-2018-12100
4.8 - Medium
- June 11, 2018
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager versions 3.x before 3.12.0 has XSS in multiple areas in the Administration UI.
XSS
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager (aka NXRM) 3.x before 3.8
CVE-2018-5306
6.1 - Medium
- February 09, 2018
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager (aka NXRM) 3.x before 3.8 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the repoId or (2) format parameter to service/siesta/healthcheck/healthCheckFileDetail/.../index.html; (3) the filename in the "File Upload" functionality of the Staging Upload; (4) the username when creating a new user; or (5) the IQ Server URL field in the IQ Server Connection functionality.
XSS
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager (aka NXRM) 2.x before 2.14.6
CVE-2018-5307
6.1 - Medium
- February 09, 2018
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager (aka NXRM) 2.x before 2.14.6 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the repoId or (2) format parameter to service/siesta/healthcheck/healthCheckFileDetail/.../index.html; (3) the filename in the "File Upload" functionality of the Staging Upload; (4) the username when creating a new user; or (5) the IQ Server URL field in the IQ Server Connection functionality.
XSS
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