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CVE-2020-10199
Sonatype Nexus Repository before 3.21.2 allows JavaEL Injection (issue 1 of 2).
High8.8Known exploitedEPSS 99.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Sonatype Nexus Repository before 3.21.2 allows JavaEL Injection (issue 1 of 2).
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Sonatype Nexus Repository Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.
- Added
- 3 Nov 2021
- Fix due (US federal)
- 3 May 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
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Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 99.1% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.sonatype.nexus:nexus-extdirectGHSA-g2f6-v5qh-h2mq (opens in a new tab)
References (5)
- https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/360044882533 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157261/Nexus-Repository-Manager-3.21.1-01-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160835/Sonatype-Nexus-3.21.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/917.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-10199 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-g2f6-v5qh-h2mq (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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