CVE-2026-5189CWE-798hardcoded-credentials

CVE-2026-5189

Critical · published April 15, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
48.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.8 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00616 · 48.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-798 · Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Published
2026-04-15T23:16Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
sonatype/nexus_repository_manager≥ 3.0.0, < 3.71.03.71.0
References (2)
https://help.sonatype.com/en/sonatype-nexus-repository-3-71-0-release-notes.html · 103e4ec9-0a87-450b-af77-479448ddef11https://support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/50817138825491 · 103e4ec9-0a87-450b-af77-479448ddef11
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 APR 18:43Z
    Nexus Repository 3 - Hardcoded Credential in Internal Database Component
    cvelistv5