Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager up to 3.92.x excessive authentication

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A vulnerability has been found in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager up to 3.92.x and classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in excessive authentication. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-3329. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager up to 3.92.x. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a excessive authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-307. The product does not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts within a short time frame, making it more susceptible to brute force attacks. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality.

The weakness was presented by Kazuma Matsumoto with Inc.. It is possible to read the advisory at help.sonatype.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-3329 since 02/27/2026. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1110.001 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 3.93.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-1905). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager

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Vendor

• Sonatype

Name

• Nexus Repository Manager

Version

• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.3
• 3.4
• 3.5
• 3.6
• 3.7
• 3.8
• 3.9
• 3.10
• 3.11
• 3.12
• 3.13
• 3.14
• 3.15
• 3.16
• 3.17
• 3.18
• 3.19
• 3.20
• 3.21
• 3.22
• 3.23
• 3.24
• 3.25
• 3.26
• 3.27
• 3.28
• 3.29
• 3.30
• 3.31
• 3.32
• 3.33
• 3.34
• 3.35
• 3.36
• 3.37
• 3.38
• 3.39
• 3.40
• 3.41
• 3.42
• 3.43
• 3.44
• 3.45
• 3.46
• 3.47
• 3.48
• 3.49
• 3.50
• 3.51
• 3.52
• 3.53
• 3.54
• 3.55
• 3.56
• 3.57
• 3.58
• 3.59
• 3.60
• 3.61
• 3.62
• 3.63
• 3.64
• 3.65
• 3.66
• 3.67
• 3.68
• 3.69
• 3.70
• 3.71
• 3.72
• 3.73
• 3.74
• 3.75
• 3.76
• 3.77
• 3.78
• 3.79
• 3.80
• 3.81
• 3.82
• 3.83
• 3.84
• 3.85
• 3.86
• 3.87
• 3.88
• 3.89
• 3.90
• 3.91
• 3.92

License

• commercial

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