CVE-2018-1492 Auth bypass in Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Attackers with physical access can hijack sessions due to improper logout, allowing unauthorized access to other user accounts.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-1492?

CVE-2018-1492 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Ibm Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management, published on 10 Jul 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Jazz Foundation products could allow a user with physical access to the system to log in as another user due to the server's failure to properly log out from the previous session. IBM X-Force ID: 140977.

Weakness: CWE-384

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1492?

It affects 7 products.

Products include Ibm Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management, Ibm Rational Doors Next Generation, Ibm Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager, Ibm Rational Quality Manager, Ibm Rational Rhapsody Design Manager, Ibm Rational Software Architect Design Manager and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1492?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1492 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2018-1492 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1492 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Ibm Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-j334-wp82-9v7f.

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