CVE-2026-5189

CRITICAL EPSS 36.6%

Published Apr 15, 20262mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago

9.2 CVSS 4.0

Critical

Published Apr 15, 2026 2mo ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score

9.2

Exploitability

—

Impact

—

Vector string

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

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

User Interaction None

Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

36.6% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials Authentication

References 2

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

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.