# CVE-2019-19546: Information disclosure in Norton Password Manager

> An information disclosure vulnerability in Norton Password Manager allows unauthorized actors to access sensitive data.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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:** 5 Dec 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-22q7-qw7f-w974

## What is CVE-2019-19546?

CVE-2019-19546 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Norton Password Manager, published on 5 Dec 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Norton Password Manager, prior to 6.6.2.5, may be susceptible to an information disclosure issue, which is a type of vulnerability whereby there is an unintentional disclosure of information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-19546?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Norton Password Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-19546?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-19546 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-19546 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-19546 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Norton Password Manager

- [CVE-2019-18381](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-18381/): Other in Norton Password Manager (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2019-19545](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-19545/): Other in Norton Password Manager (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2019-9700](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-9700/): Other in Norton Password Manager (low 3.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-19546 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-19546 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Norton Password Manager, published on 5 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-2019-19546 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Norton Password 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-2019-19546/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-19546/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19546
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19546
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-19546

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-19546/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.
