- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 99.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.1% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 3 Nov 2021
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Sonatype Nexus Repository before 3.21.2 allows JavaEL Injection (issue 1 of 2).
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Sonatype Nexus Repository Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.
- Added
- 3 Nov 2021
- Fix due (US federal)
- 3 May 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 3 Nov 2021.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module, a Nuclei template and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- Nexus Repository Manager Java EL Injection RCE (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/http/nexus_repo_manager_el_injectionRank excellentdisclosed 31 Mar 2020
Nuclei templates1 template
- Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3 - Remote Code Execution (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-10199.yamlSeverity high
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Sonatype Nexus 3.21.1 - Remote Code Execution (Authenticated) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 49385webapps, javapublished 6 Jan 2021Verified
- Nexus Repository Manager - Java EL Injection RCE (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 48343remote, linuxpublished 17 Apr 2020Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 26 days later
· 26 days later
Published
- 19 months later
· 19 months later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 99.1% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.sonatype.nexus:nexus-extdirectGHSA-g2f6-v5qh-h2mq (opens in a new tab)
References
5
- https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/360044882533 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157261/Nexus-Repository-Manager-3.21.1-01-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160835/Sonatype-Nexus-3.21.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/917.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-10199 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2020-0379 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-g2f6-v5qh-h2mq (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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