Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 15, 2026· Updated Sep 18, 2026
CVE-2026-5189
CVE-2026-5189
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.
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Affected products
1- Range: 3.0.0 - 3.70.5
Patches
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References
2- support.sonatype.com/hc/en-us/articles/50817138825491nvdVendor Advisory
- help.sonatype.com/en/sonatype-nexus-repository-3-71-0-release-notes.htmlnvdRelease Notes
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