CVE-2018-1959 Hardcoded credentials in Security Identity Manager

What is CVE-2018-1959?

CVE-2018-1959 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Identity Manager, published on 24 Jan 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Security Identity Manager 7.0.1 Virtual Appliance contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. IBM X-Force ID: 153633.

Weakness: CWE-798

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1959?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Security Identity Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1959?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1959 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-1959 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1959 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in IBM Security Identity Manager

• CVE-2018-1969 File upload in Security Identity Manager Critical 9.0
• CVE-2018-1453 File upload in Security Identity Manager High 8.8
• CVE-2016-0335 Cross-site request forgery in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2014-6106 Cross-site request forgery in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2019-4561 Deserialization in Security Identity Manager High 8.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-j66f-mfwr-xm52.