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high 8.8

CVE-2019-5475 in the critical feed json

OS Command Injection in Nexus Yum Repository Plugin

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-g5m7-57ph-j6p8 , EUVD-2019-0667

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
18.4%
EPSS 18.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Nexus Yum Repository Plugin in v2 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution when instances using CommandLineExecutor.java are supplied vulnerable data, such as the Yum Configuration Capability.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.sonatype.nexus.plugins:nexus-yum-repository-plugin 2.14.14

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Exploit prediction

18.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • hackerone.com https://hackerone.com/reports/654888 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
GitHub 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.sonatype.nexus.plugins:nexus-yum-repository-plugin
<2.14.14
2.14.14

Affected products

  • n/a Nexus Repository Manager

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

Sources

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