9.8Critical
Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager
CVE-2026-5189
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.
What this means for your business
- It affects Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.5% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 39% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 9.8 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- CVSS v4
- 9.2
- Weakness
- CWE-798
- Assigned by
- 103e4ec9-0a87-450b-af77-479448ddef11
Dates
- Published
- 2026-04-15
- Last modified
- 2026-09-18
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager3.0.0 - 3.71.0
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.