CVE-2026-5189: Nexus Repository 3 - Hardcoded Credential in Internal Database Component
Sonatype · Nexus Repository
Vendor fix available · Affected: Sonatype Nexus Repository · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 46% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
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.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Sonatype · Nexus Repositoryfrom 3.0.0 before 3.71.0
On the Atlas
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Sonatype
- Published
- April 2026
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