What is CVE-2019-9629?

CVE-2019-9629 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-07-08.

How severe is CVE-2019-9629?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager

CVE-2019-9629

Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.17.0 establishes a default administrator user with weak defaults (fixed credentials).

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.015 (70.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Sonatype Nexus_repository_manager
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-9629?: CVE-2019-9629 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-07-08.
How severe is CVE-2019-9629?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.