Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 23, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-5764
CVE-2024-5764
Description
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 products
3- cpe:2.3:a:sonatype:nexus_repository_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: >=3.0.0,<3.73.0
cpe:2.3:a:sonatype:nexus_repository_manager:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:sonatype:nexus_repository_manager:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: 3.0.0
- (no CPE)range: 3.0.0 - 3.72.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/34496708991507nvdVendor Advisory
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