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CVE-2018-16621

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-11-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-917

Description

Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager before 3.14 allows Java Expression Language Injection.

Affected products

• Sonatype Nexus Repository 3: before 3.14.0 — fixed in 3.14.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Sonatype Nexus Repository 3 3.14.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-015-nxrm-sonatype
• https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/360010789153-CVE-2018-16621-Nexus-Repository-Manager-Java-Injection-October-17-2018
• https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-015-nxrm-sonatype
• https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/360010789153-CVE-2018-16621-Nexus-Repository-Manager-Java-Injection-October-17-2018

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