What is CVE-2020-24622?

CVE-2020-24622 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sonatype Nexus, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2020-08-25.

How severe is CVE-2020-24622?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Sonatype Nexus

CVE-2020-24622

In Sonatype Nexus Repository 3.26.1, an S3 secret key can be exposed by an admin user.

Published 2020-08-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (61.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 61.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Sonatype Nexus

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

issues.sonatype.org/browse/NEXUS-25019 (Vendor Advisory)
support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/360053516793 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-24622?: CVE-2020-24622 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sonatype Nexus, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2020-08-25.
How severe is CVE-2020-24622?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.