CVE-2026-5189

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-04-15. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Trending — 3 sources updated this week

Also known asEUVD-2026-23031 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-4gcp-x7jh-x4v7 (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationRemediate within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.5%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is referenced (a reference tagged "Patch", often a source commit), but no release containing it is confirmed — find the release that contains it; until it is applied, mitigate (WAF / firewall / segmentation).

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.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
59
EG Risk 59/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity98% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation0.5% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability100% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: yes (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is referenced, but no release containing it is confirmed. Check the referenced fix and the vendor's advisory for a release that contains it and apply that within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high; until then, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation.
EPSS PROB
0.5%
EPSS %ILE
44th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
9.8 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
0.5% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-29). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 3 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.Each input and its source: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is referenced, but no release containing it is confirmed. Check the referenced fix and the vendor's advisory for a release that contains it and apply that within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high; until then, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)3 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.

In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

April 15, 2026

Last Modified

October 26, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Oct 27, 2026
Fix referenced — no release confirmed yet.
Web page

Sonatype Nexus Repository 3.71.0 Release Notes

https://help.sonatype.com/en/sonatype-nexus-repository-3-71-0-release-notes.html

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-5189(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 23× in last 7d / 75× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 319 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 219 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-10-30 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 44th percentile
  2. 2026-10-30 14:04 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-30 14:04 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4gcp-x7jh-x4v7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  4. 2026-10-29 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 44th percentile
  5. 2026-10-29 13:46 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-29 13:46 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4gcp-x7jh-x4v7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  7. 2026-10-28 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 44th percentile
  8. 2026-10-28 13:25 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-28 13:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4gcp-x7jh-x4v7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  10. 2026-10-27 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 44th percentile
  11. 2026-10-27 13:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4gcp-x7jh-x4v7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  12. 2026-10-26 21:28 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-26 21:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4gcp-x7jh-x4v7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  14. 2026-10-26 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 44th percentile
  15. 2026-10-26 13:58 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-10-26 13:57 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4gcp-x7jh-x4v7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  17. 2026-10-25 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 44th percentile
  18. 2026-10-25 14:21 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-10-25 13:17 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-10-25 13:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4gcp-x7jh-x4v7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  21. 2026-10-24 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  22. 2026-10-24 12:59 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-10-24 12:59 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4gcp-x7jh-x4v7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  24. 2026-10-23 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  25. 2026-10-23 12:38 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-10-23 12:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4gcp-x7jh-x4v7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  2. 2026-10-22 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  3. 2026-10-22 12:17 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-22 12:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4gcp-x7jh-x4v7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  5. 2026-10-21 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  6. 2026-10-21 11:59 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-21 11:59 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4gcp-x7jh-x4v7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  8. 2026-10-20 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  9. 2026-10-20 11:42 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-20 11:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4gcp-x7jh-x4v7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  11. 2026-10-19 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  12. 2026-10-19 11:25 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-19 11:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4gcp-x7jh-x4v7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  14. 2026-10-18 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  15. 2026-10-18 09:01 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4gcp-x7jh-x4v7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  16. 2026-10-18 03:32 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-10-17 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  18. 2026-10-17 07:43 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-10-17 07:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4gcp-x7jh-x4v7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  20. 2026-10-16 16:43 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  21. 2026-10-16 07:25 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-10-16 07:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4gcp-x7jh-x4v7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  23. 2026-10-15 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  24. 2026-10-15 06:19 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-10-15 06:19 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4gcp-x7jh-x4v7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  26. 2026-10-14 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  27. 2026-10-14 02:00 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-10-14 02:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4gcp-x7jh-x4v7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  29. 2026-10-13 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  30. 2026-10-12 22:18 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-10-12 22:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4gcp-x7jh-x4v7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  32. 2026-10-12 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  33. 2026-10-12 15:58 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-10-12 07:08 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-10-12 07:08 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4gcp-x7jh-x4v7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  36. 2026-10-11 19:41 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-10-11 16:56 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-10-11 14:20 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-10-11 13:49 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  40. 2026-10-10 20:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 48th percentile
  41. 2026-10-09 20:07 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 47th percentile
  42. 2026-10-08 17:13 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 47th percentile
  43. 2026-10-08 10:05 UTCOSV refresh
  44. 2026-10-07 23:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 47th percentile
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  53. 2026-09-27 13:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 47th percentile
  54. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 47th percentile
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  56. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 43rd percentile
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  58. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 39th percentile
  59. 2026-09-18 15:50 UTCEG score recompute▲ 0.60
  60. 2026-09-18 15:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4gcp-x7jh-x4v7 · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  61. 2026-09-18 15:43 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 9.8
  62. 2026-09-17 19:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 39th percentile
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-5189?
CVE-2026-5189 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on April 15, 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…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-5189 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-5189 was published on April 15, 2026. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 26, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-5189 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-5189 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (44th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-5189?
CVE-2026-5189 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-5189?
A fix for CVE-2026-5189 is referenced (a reference tagged "Patch", often a source commit), but EchelonGraph has no release containing it on record. Check that reference and the vendor's advisory for a release that contains the fix and update to it; until then, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-5189 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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