# CVE-2019-11292: Pivotal Ops Manager logs query parameters in tomcat access file

> Attackers with access to Tomcat logs can read sensitive authentication credentials if they are passed via query parameters.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Jan 2020
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qxj4-46g2-7rv9

## What is CVE-2019-11292?

CVE-2019-11292 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pivotal Ops Manager, published on 8 Jan 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Pivotal Ops Manager, versions 2.4.x prior to 2.4.27, 2.5.x prior to 2.5.24, 2.6.x prior to 2.6.16, and 2.7.x prior to 2.7.5, logs all query parameters to tomcat’s access file. If the query parameters are used to provide authentication, ie. credentials, then they will be logged as well.

Weakness: CWE-532 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-11292?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Pivotal Software Operations Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-11292?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-11292 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-11292 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11292 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Pivotal Ops Manager

- [CVE-2016-0883](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0883/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-0897](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0897/): Security feature bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-15762](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15762/): Pivotal Operations Manager gives all users heightened privileges (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2018-11081](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11081/): Pivotal Operations Manager UAA config - temp Ram Disk (high 7.9)
- [CVE-2019-3776](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3776/): Reflected XSS in Pivotal Operations Manager (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-11292 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-11292 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pivotal Ops Manager, published on 8 Jan 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11292 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Pivotal Ops Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11292/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11292/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11292
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11292
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-11292

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11292/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.