CVE-2019-4131 Server-side request forgery in Monitoring

Medium 5.3 Published 11 Jul 2019 Updated 17 Sep 2024

A remote attacker can induce server-side DNS lookups of arbitrary domains in IBM Application Performance Management, potentially exposing internal network information.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2019-4131?

CVE-2019-4131 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in IBM Monitoring, published on 11 Jul 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Application Performance Management (IBM Monitoring 8.1.4) could allow a remote attacker to induce the application to perform server-side DNS lookups of arbitrary domain names. IBM X-Force ID: 158270.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-4131?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Cloud Application Performance Management.

How do I fix CVE-2019-4131?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-4131 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.

Is CVE-2019-4131 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-4131 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-9j36-8x69-cj22.