CVE-2026-5189 Security Details

CVE ID

CVE-2026-5189

CWE

CWE-798

CVE 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.

Published

Apr 1, 2026

CVSS Score & Severity

9.2Critical

CVSS Vector

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

EPSS Score

0.036%

Malware

malware

KEV Status

Not in KEV Catalog: No known exploits

Vulnerable Methods

org/sonatype/nexus/internal/orient/DatabaseServerImpl.createConfiguration()Lcom/orientechnologies/orient/server/config/OServerConfiguration;

JVM

org/sonatype/nexus/orient/DatabaseServerImpl.createConfiguration()Lcom/orientechnologies/orient/server/config/OServerConfiguration;

JVM

Affected Ecosystems

affected

Source

National Vulnerability Database

References

support.sonatype.comPROJECT