CVE-2018-1626 Auth bypass in Security Privileged Identity Manager
Attackers can hijack user sessions in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager due to lack of session renewal after authentication.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-1626?
CVE-2018-1626 is a low-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager, published on 2 Apr 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager Virtual Appliance 2.2.1 does not renew a session variable after a successful authentication which could lead to session fixation/hijacking vulnerability. This could force a user to utilize a cookie that may be known to an attacker. IBM X-Force ID: 144411.
Weakness: CWE-384
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1626?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Security Privileged Identity Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2018-1626?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1626 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-2018-1626 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1626 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager
- CVE-2016-5964 Security feature bypass in Privileged Identity Manager
- CVE-2018-1640 Command injection in Security Privileged Identity Manager
- CVE-2018-1618 Path traversal in Security Privileged Identity Manager
- CVE-2016-5958 Information disclosure in Privileged Identity Manager
- CVE-2016-5988 Information disclosure in Privileged Identity Manager
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v6gf-j6qg-9x4r.