CVE-2024-4956
Nexus Repository 3 - Path Traversal
Path Traversal in Sonatype Nexus Repository 3 allows an unauthenticated attacker to read system files. Fixed in version 3.68.1.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Nexus Repository 3 - Path Traversal
Path Traversal in Sonatype Nexus Repository 3 allows an unauthenticated attacker to read system files. Fixed in version 3.68.1.
- Record
CVE-2024-4956- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-44513
Path Traversal in Sonatype Nexus Repository 3 allows an unauthenticated attacker to read system files. Fixed in version 3.68.1.
- Record
EUVD-2024-44513- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6cgv-69mq-8w7x
Path Traversal in Sonatype Nexus Repository 3 allows an unauthenticated attacker to read system...
Path Traversal in Sonatype Nexus Repository 3 allows an unauthenticated attacker to read system files. Fixed in version 3.68.1.
- Record
GHSA-6cgv-69mq-8w7x- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Path Traversal in Sonatype Nexus Repository 3 allows an unauthenticated attacker to read system files. Fixed in version 3.68.1.
- Record
CVE-2024-4956- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Sonatype Nexus Repository 3.53.0-01 - Path Traversal | 2025-03-28 |
| Nuclei | Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3 - Local File Inclusion | |
| PoC in GitHub | An00bRektn/shirocrack | 2024-10-04 |
| PoC in GitHub | Buff3st-0v3rfl0w/CVE-2024-4956 | 2025-08-24 |
| PoC in GitHub | Cappricio-Securities/CVE-2024-4956 | 2024-06-03 |
| PoC in GitHub | GoatSecurity/CVE-2024-4956 | 2024-05-28 |
| PoC in GitHub | GraySignal/CVE-2024-4956-Sonatype-Nexus-Repository-Manager | 2024-05-30 |
| PoC in GitHub | JolyIrsb/CVE-2024-4956 | 2024-08-14 |
| PoC in GitHub | UMASANKAR-MG/Path-Traversal-CVE-2024-4956 | 2024-09-26 |
| PoC in GitHub | amalpvatayam67/day04-nexus-4956 | 2025-09-10 |
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| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | art-of-defence/CVE-2024-4956 | 2025-03-26 |
| PoC in GitHub | banditzCyber0x/CVE-2024-4956 | 2024-05-23 |
| PoC in GitHub | erickfernandox/CVE-2024-4956 | 2024-05-23 |
| PoC in GitHub | fin3ss3g0d/CVE-2024-4956 | 2024-06-05 |
| PoC in GitHub | gmh5225/CVE-2024-4956 | 2024-05-24 |
| PoC in GitHub | ifconfig-me/CVE-2024-4956-Bulk-Scanner | 2024-05-26 |
| PoC in GitHub | thinhap/CVE-2024-4956-PoC | 2024-05-27 |
| PoC in GitHub | verylazytech/CVE-2024-4956 | 2024-06-09 |
| PoC in GitHub | xungzzz/CVE-2024-4956 | 2024-05-23 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-4956 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Sonatype Nexus Repository, published May 16, 2024. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 19.2%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.