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What is this endpoint?
nexus/service/rest/v1/repositories
Nexus Repository Manager API
What an attacker could do
An attacker enumerates hosted and proxy repositories and, if anonymous access or default admin/admin123 credentials are active, can pull private artifacts, poison build dependencies, or upload malicious packages consumed by downstream CI pipelines.
How to defend it
Disable anonymous access, rotate the default nexus admin credentials, enforce role-based content selectors on each repository, and place the Nexus instance behind a VPN or IP allowlist rather than the public internet.
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