Nexus Repository Manager - Incorrect Authorization allows credential disclosure via proxy repository configuration
Priority LOW 26CWE-863Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.
Summary
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.93.0 contains an authorization vulnerability in the proxy repository configuration that allows a delegated repository administrator to disclose stored upstream proxy credentials.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0027 19th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Nexus Repository Manager (Sonatype): 3.93.0
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Nexus Repository Manager (Sonatype) Fixed in 3.93.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-10741
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qqcv-fjfg-8rp6
References
More Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-05133 Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.15.0 has Incorrect Access Control. KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-03883 OS command injection in Nexus Repository Manager CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-02763 Nexus Repository 3 - Authenticated Remote Code Execution via Task Property Injection CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2026-04532 Nexus Repository 3 - Hardcoded Credential in Internal Database Component CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
- TI-2021-15218 Multiple XSS issues exist in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3 before 3.33.0. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2019-07044 Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.17.0 establishes a default administrator user… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-10741 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-10741 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qqcv-fjfg-8rp6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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