CVE-2024-5764

Nexus Repository 3 - Static hard-coded encryption passphrase used by default

Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability in Sonatype Nexus Repository has been discovered in the code responsible for encrypting any secrets stored in the Nexus Repository configuration database (SMTP or HTTP proxy credentials, user tokens, tokens, among others). The affected versions relied on a static hard-coded encryption passphrase. While it was possible for an administrator to define an alternate encryption passphrase, it could only be done at first boot and not updated.This issue affects Nexus Repository: from 3.0.0 through 3.72.0.

Affected

Sonatype · Nexus Repository

CVSS v4.0 CNA

5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

CVSS v3.1 NVD

6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 32nd percentile

Published

2024-10-23

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• fin3ss3g0d/CVE-2024-57641★ · 2024-11-14

Security advisories

• https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/34496708991507

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2013-4786
• CVE-2024-4956