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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-29436

Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3.x before 3.29.0 allows a user with admin privileges to configure the system to gain access to content outside of NXRM via an XXE vulnerability. Fixed in version 3.29.0.

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1 Nov 2026, 04:38 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-29436

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Dec 2020, 02:15 UTC

Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3.x before 3.29.0 allows a user with admin privileges to configure the system to gain access to content outside of NXRM via an XXE vulnerability. Fixed in version 3.29.0.

osv:CVE-2020-29436
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-29436",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager 3.x before 3.29.0 allows a user with admin privileges to configure the system to gain access to content outside of NXRM via an XXE vulnerability. Fixed in version 3.29.0.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-29436",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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              "repo": "https://github.com/sonatype/nexus-public",
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                {
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              ],
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                        "introduced": "3.0.0"
                      },
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:21.230144906Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500000415082-CVE-2020-29436-Nexus-Repository-Manager-3-XML-External-Entities-injection-2020-12-15"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 430448,
  "published_at": "2020-12-17T02:15:12.647+00:00"
}