CVE-2026-5189

critical · 9.2

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.

9.2

CVSS

0.5%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

44th

EPSS percentile

2026-04-15

Published

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Weaknesses

CWE-798

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
sonatype	nexus_repository_manager	>= 3.0.0, < 3.71.0

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References

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

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2026-5189