CVE-2019-9629 describes a critical vulnerability in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager versions prior to 3.17.0, where a default administrator user is created with easily guessable, fixed credentials. This allows an unauthenticated attacker to gain full control over the affected system with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as reflected by its CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.17.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sonatype:nexus_repository_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.