# CVE-2019-4129: Information disclosure in Spectrum Protect

> Remote attackers can obtain sensitive architecture details via stack traces in error messages from IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center.

- **Severity:** Low 3.1 (`CVSS:3.0/UI:N/AV:N/AC:H/C:L/I:N/A:N/S:U/PR:L/RC:C/E:U/RL:O`)
- **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:** 2 Jul 2019
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f39m-ggvf-jp22

## What is CVE-2019-4129?

CVE-2019-4129 is a low-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect, published on 2 Jul 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center 7.1 and 8.1 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error message containing a stack trace. By creating an error with a stack trace, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to potentially obtain details on the Operations Center architecture. IBM X-Force ID: 158279.

Weakness: CWE-209 (Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-4129?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Spectrum Protect Operations Center.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-4129?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-4129 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-4129 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-4129 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Spectrum Protect

- [CVE-2019-4087](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4087/): Memory corruption in Spectrum Protect (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-4693](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4693/): Code injection in Spectrum Protect Operations Center (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2020-4955](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4955/): File upload in Spectrum Protect Operations Center (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2019-4088](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4088/): Privilege escalation in Spectrum Protect (high 7.4)
- [CVE-2022-22485](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22485/): Auth bypass in Spectrum Protect Server (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-4129 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-4129 is a low-severity vulnerability in IBM Spectrum Protect, published on 2 Jul 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-2019-4129 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Spectrum Protect. 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-2019-4129/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4129/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-4129
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-4129
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-4129

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