Is CVE-2024-5764 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-5764 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-5764?

CVE-2024-5764 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-5764?

CVE-2024-5764 has an EPSS score of 0.39% (31th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-5764?

Upgrade nexus repository manager to 3.73.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-5764

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability in Sonatype Nexus Repository has been discovered in the code responsible for encrypting any secrets stored in the Nexus Repository configuration database (SMTP or HTTP proxy credentials, user tokens, tokens, among others). The affected versions relied on a static hard-coded encryption passphrase. While it was possible for an administrator to define an alternate encryption passphrase, it could only be done at first boot and not updated. This issue affects Nexus Repository: from 3.0.0 through 3.72.0.

CWE-798Hard-coded Credentials

How to fix

Remediation Available

nexus repository managerNVD

Affected:>= 3.0.0, < 3.73.0Fixed in:3.73.0CVE-2024-5764derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.39%probability of exploitation in 30 days

31stpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 31% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

support.sonatype.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2022-26138	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	-
CVE-2024-3272	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	-
CVE-2025-30406	Critical	9.0	94%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2024-28987	Critical	9.1	93%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2019-15976	Critical	9.8	93%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-20439	Critical	9.8	92%	KEV	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-11-06.