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CVE-2026-5189

Sonatype Nexus Repository — Nexus Repository 3 - Hardcoded Credential in Internal Database Component

EPSS 0.5%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
38
CVSS 9.8 (NVD)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 44.6.446 × 208.9No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

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.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
Nexus Repository3.0.0 – < 3.71.03.71.0CNA

Scores by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Sonatype (CNA)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
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

patchhelp.sonatype.com/en/sonatype-nexus-repository-3-71-0-release-notes.htmladvisorysupport.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/50817138825491