CVE-2026-5189

Critical · CVSS 9.8

CVSS: 9.8; nvd
EPSS: 0.46%; 39th pct
KEV: No
Class: other; CWE-798

Description

CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager versions 3.0.0 through 3.70.5 allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to gain unauthorized read/write access to the internal database and execute arbitrary OS commands as the Nexus process user. Exploitation requires the non-default nexus.orient.binaryListenerEnabled=true configuration to be enabled.

References

https://help.sonatype.com/en/sonatype-nexus-repository-3-71-0-release-notes.html
https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/50817138825491

Status: profiled · ingested 2026-09-18T18:00:27.000Z