# CVE-2019-25326: ipPulse 1.92 - 'Enter Key' Denial of Service

> Local attackers can crash the ipPulse application by pasting oversized input into the Enter Key field, causing a denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Feb 2026
- **Updated:** 15 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mj9j-hqwg-6r6g

## What is CVE-2019-25326?

CVE-2019-25326 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Northwest Performance Software, Inc. ipPulse, published on 18 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

ipPulse 1.92 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by providing an oversized input in the Enter Key field. Attackers can generate a 256-byte buffer of repeated 'A' characters to trigger an application crash when pasting the malicious content.

Weakness: CWE-120 (Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-25326?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Nwpsw Ippulse.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-25326?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-25326 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-25326 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2019-25326 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-25326 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-25326 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Northwest Performance Software, Inc. ipPulse, published on 18 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2019-25326 exists.

Affected product: Northwest Performance Software, Inc. ipPulse. 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-2019-25326/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25326/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-25326
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25326
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-25326

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