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Critical 9.8Known exploited (CISA KEV)Published Mar 21, 2019
CVE-2019-7238Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.15.0 has Incorrect Access Control.
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CISA lists it as known exploited since Dec 10, 2021; federal agencies had to remediate by Jun 10, 2022. Treat that date as your deadline.
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Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.15.0 has Incorrect Access Control.
- CVSS
- 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV Dec 10, 2021; federal remediation due Jun 10, 2022Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 76.63% (percentile 100)
- Assigned by
- mitre
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
sonatype nexus_repository_manager sonatype:nexus_repository_manager | from 3.0.0 before 3.15.0 | NVD |
References
- https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017310793-CVE-2019-7238-Nexus-Repository-Manager-3-Missing-Access-Controls-and-Remote-Code-Execution-February-5th-2019x-refsource-misc, vendor-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-7238us-government-resource
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