VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2017-17717

critical
Published 2017-12-17 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
9.8

Description

Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager through 2.14.5 has weak password encryption with a hardcoded CMMDwoV value in the LDAP integration feature.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/17/3

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
sonatypenexus_repository_manager{"endIncluding":"2.14.5"}

References

CWEs

CWE-327

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.