# CVE-2019-14955: Security feature bypass in n/a

> JetBrains Hub lacked password expiration and forced change policies, allowing persistent access with compromised credentials.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Oct 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9wxv-78cc-mrfx

## What is CVE-2019-14955?

CVE-2019-14955 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Oct 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In JetBrains Hub versions earlier than 2018.4.11436, there was no option to force a user to change the password and no password expiration policy was implemented.

Weakness: CWE-640 (Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-14955?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Jetbrains Hub.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-14955?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-14955 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-14955 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-14955 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2026-50242](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-50242/): Auth bypass in Hub (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2026-56141](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-56141/): Weak cryptography in Hub (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-25262](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25262/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-43183](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-43183/): Security feature bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-36209](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36209/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-14955 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-14955 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Oct 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-14955 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2019-14955/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14955/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-14955
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14955
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-14955

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14955/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.