CVE-2025-9868

Nexus Repository 2 - SSRF Vulnerability in Remote Browser Plugin

HIGH
8.7
CVSS Score
Published: October 8, 2025 at 05:07 PM UTC
Updated: September 26, 2026 at 12:27 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorNexus Repository ManagerNexus

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Severity
HIGH8.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in the Remote Browser Plugin in Sonatype Nexus Repository 2.x up to and including 2.15.2 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to exfiltrate proxy repository credentials via crafted HTTP requests.

Remediation

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References (1)

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CVSS

8.7HIGHSonatype
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-918

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