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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 9.8 Critical

Status

Analyzed - 103e4ec9-0a87-450b-af77-479448ddef11

Published

2026-04-15

Last modified

2026-10-26

Weaknesses

CWE-798

Affected products

• Nexus Repository Manager (Sonatype)

References

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