Critical
Nexus Repository 3 - Hardcoded Credential in Internal Database Component
Type: advisorySources: OSV
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.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-5189
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 15:07 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Nexus Repository 3 - Hardcoded Credential in Internal Database Component
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 15 Apr 2026, 18:43 UTC
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.
osv:CVE-2026-5189
Complete source record
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