CVE-2026-5189 | THREATINT

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 Reserved 2026-03-30 | Published 2026-04-15 | Updated 2026-04-16 | Assigner Sonatype

CRITICAL: 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

Problem types

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Product status

Default status

unaffected

3.0.0 (semver) before 3.71.0

affected

Credits

Shreyas Chavhan, HackerOne: @shreyaschavhan finder

References

help.sonatype.com/...us-repository-3-71-0-release-notes.html patch

support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/50817138825491 vendor-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2026-5189)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-5189)

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