CVE-2019-4400 Path traversal in Cloud Orchestrator

Medium 4.3 Published 25 Oct 2019 Updated 17 Sep 2024

Remote attackers can traverse directories via crafted URLs to view arbitrary files on IBM Cloud Orchestrator systems.

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

What is CVE-2019-4400?

CVE-2019-4400 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in IBM Cloud Orchestrator, published on 25 Oct 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Cloud Orchestrator 2.4 through 2.4.0.5 and 2.5 through 2.5.0.9 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 162261.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-4400?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Cloud Orchestrator.

How do I fix CVE-2019-4400?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-4400 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2019-4400 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-4400 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hh93-gqvm-3745.