# CVE-2019-18831: Hardcoded credentials in n/a

> Attackers can extract a hardcoded private key from the firmware to bypass security controls and access sensitive data on Barco ClickShare Button devices.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** 16 Dec 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pg3j-494f-xx35

## What is CVE-2019-18831?

CVE-2019-18831 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Dec 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Barco ClickShare Button R9861500D01 devices before 1.9.0 allow Information Exposure. The encrypted ClickShare Button firmware contains the private key of a test device-certificate.

Weakness: CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-18831?

It affects 4 products.


Products: Barco Clickshare Cs-100 Firmware, Barco Clickshare Cse-200\+ Firmware, Barco Clickshare Cse-200 Firmware, Barco Clickshare Cse-800 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-18831?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-18831 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-18831 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-18831 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2019-18826](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-18826/): Security feature bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-18830](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-18830/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-10943](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10943/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2019-18828](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-18828/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2019-18827](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-18827/): Security feature bypass in n/a (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-18831 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-18831 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Dec 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-2019-18831 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-2019-18831/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-18831/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-18831
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18831
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-18831

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