CVE-2026-11403 PUBLISHED

Nexus Repository Manager - Insufficient Entropy in Format-Specific API Key Generation

Assigner: Sonatype
Reserved: 05.06.2026 Published: 14.07.2026 Updated: 14.07.2026

A vulnerability in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager's format-specific API key generation may allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to repository operations as a targeted user. A format-specific API key realm (NuGet API Key, Docker Bearer Token, or npm Bearer Token) must be enabled and the targeted user must have an active API key for this vulnerability to be exploitable.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.7

Product Status

Vendor Sonatype
Product Nexus Repository Manager
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 3.0.0 to 3.93.0 (excl.)

Credits

  • Sanjok Karki (@thesanjok) of National Forensic Sciences University, Goa. finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-331 Insufficient entropy CWE