Advisories

Nexus Repository Manager < 3.93.0 Credential Brute Force via Authentication Endpoints

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severity
high
date
Affecting
  • Nexus Repository Manager 3.0.0 < 3.93.0

CWE
  • CWE-307 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
CVSS
8.7
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
Kazuma Matsumoto of GMO Cybersecurity by IERAE, Inc.
Description
Sonatype Nexus Repository 3.0.0 prior to 3.93.0 contains a credential-guessing vulnerability that allows remote unauthenticated attackers to conduct brute force attacks against user accounts via authentication endpoints. Attackers can repeatedly attempt credential combinations through the authentication endpoints to gain unauthorized access to user accounts.

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