CVE-2026-5189

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.

CVSS 4.0

9.2CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 44% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-26)

CWE

CWE-798

Published

2026-04-15

Modified

2026-10-26

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-26

Affected

• sonatype:nexus_repository_manager

References

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

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