CVE-2019-4284 Information disclosure in Cloud Private

Medium 4.4 Published 5 Aug 2019 Updated 17 Sep 2024

A local privileged user can extract sensitive OIDC tokens from log files to impersonate other users and gain unauthorized access.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2019-4284?

CVE-2019-4284 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cloud Private, published on 5 Aug 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Cloud Private 2.1.0 , 3.1.0, 3.1.1, and 3.1.2 could allow a local privileged user to obtain sensitive OIDC token that is printed to log files, which could be used to log in to the system as another user. IBM X-Force ID: 160512.

Weakness: CWE-532

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-4284?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Cloud Private.

How do I fix CVE-2019-4284?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-4284 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-4284 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-4284 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8624-q4w7-hv72.