# CVE-2019-11646: Command injection in Micro Focus Service Manager

> Remote attackers can execute unauthorized commands and disclose information in Micro Focus Service Manager without authentication.

- **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:** 3 Jun 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9grj-rhxp-4jp2

## What is CVE-2019-11646?

CVE-2019-11646 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Micro Focus Service Manager, published on 3 Jun 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Remote unauthorized command execution and unauthorized disclosure of information in Micro Focus Service Manager, versions 9.30, 9.31, 9.32, 9.33, 9.34, 9.35, 9.40, 9.41, 9.50, 9.51, 9.52, 9.60, 9.61. This vulnerability could allow Remote unauthorized command execution and unauthorized disclosure of information.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-11646?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Microfocus Service Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-11646?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-11646 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-11646 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11646 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Micro Focus Service Manager

- [CVE-2019-11666](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11666/): Deserialization in Service Manager (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-11661](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11661/): Missing authorization in Service Manager (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2019-11665](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11665/): Information disclosure in Service Manager (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2019-11667](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11667/): Missing authorization in Service Manager (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2019-11668](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11668/): Information disclosure in Service Manager, Service Manager – Chat Service. Server Manager – Chat Service. (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-11646 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-11646 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Micro Focus Service Manager, published on 3 Jun 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11646 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Micro Focus Service 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-2019-11646/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11646/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11646
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11646
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-11646

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11646/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.