VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-5189

CVSS score9.2 CRITICAL
EPSS probability0.53%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-04-15
Last modified2026-10-26
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Primary references