CVE-2019-4591 Auth bypass in Maximo Asset Management

Medium 5.9 Published Updated

Failure to invalidate sessions on logout allows local users to impersonate other users in IBM Maximo Asset Management.

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-2019-4591?

CVE-2019-4591 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Ibm Maximo Asset Management, published on 13 Jul 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.6.0 and 7.6.1 does not invalidate session after logout which could allow a local user to impersonate another user on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 167451.

Weakness: CWE-384

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-4591?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Maximo Asset Management.

How do I fix CVE-2019-4591?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-4591 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2019-4591 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-4591 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Ibm Maximo Asset Management vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p97c-fp25-v4hq.

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