CVE-2026-5189 PUBLISHED

Nexus Repository 3 - Hardcoded Credential in Internal Database Component

Assigner: Sonatype
Reserved: 30.03.2026 Published: 15.04.2026 Updated: 16.04.2026

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.

Metrics

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
CVSS Score: 9.2

Product Status

Vendor Sonatype
Product Nexus Repository
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 3.0.0 to 3.71.0 (excl.)

Credits

  • Shreyas Chavhan, HackerOne: @shreyaschavhan finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials CWE