SCA: security update for org.sonatype.nexus.plugins:nexus-yum-repository-plugin (GHSA-g5m7-57ph-j6p8)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 422199

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- The Nexus Yum Repository Plugin in v2 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution when instances using
CommandLineExecutor.java are supplied vulnerable data, such as the Yum Configuration Capability.
(CVE-2019-5475)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g5m7-57ph-j6p8

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 422199

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-5475

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/11/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/3/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-5475

cwe: CWE-78