CVE-2019-4294 Command injection in DataPower Gateway

High 8.4 Published Updated

A local attacker can execute arbitrary commands on IBM DataPower Gateway and MQ Appliance systems due to a command injection vulnerability.

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

What is CVE-2019-4294?

CVE-2019-4294 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Ibm Datapower Gateway, published on 20 Aug 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM DataPower Gateway 2018.4.1.0 through 2018.4.1.6, 7.6.0.0 through 7.6.0.15 and IBM MQ Appliance 8.0.0.0 through 8.0.0.12, 9.1.0.0 through 9.1.0.2, and 9.1.1 through 9.1.2 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by a command injection vulnerability. IBM X-Force ID: 16188.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-4294?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Ibm Datapower Gateway, Ibm Mq Appliance.

How do I fix CVE-2019-4294?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-4294 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2019-4294 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-4294 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Ibm Datapower Gateway vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-82vw-2gf8-mwfr.

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