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Security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-17717

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

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CVEs
CVE-2017-17717
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1 Nov 2026, 04:19 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2017-17717

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Dec 2017, 17:29 UTC

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

osv:CVE-2017-17717
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-17717",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-17717",
    "summary": "Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager through 2.14.5 has weak password encryption with a hardcoded CMMDwoV value in the LDAP integration feature.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-17717",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
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      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "8c097a029986198ff79a63d3206f71b97ad7e2f3"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                    "range": [
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                      },
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                      }
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:17.251236023Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-17717",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 429520,
  "published_at": "2017-12-17T17:29:00.287+00:00"
}