# CVE-2019-4601: Information disclosure in Rational Quality Manager

> Authenticated users can obtain sensitive information from stack traces in IBM Quality Manager, aiding further attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/A:N/AC:L/UI:N/I:N/PR:L/C:L/S:U/E:U/RL:O/RC:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Apr 2020
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5242-q4vx-3j4h

## What is CVE-2019-4601?

CVE-2019-4601 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Rational Quality Manager, published on 8 Apr 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Quality Manager (RQM) 6.02, 6.06, and 6.0.6.1 could allow an authenticated user to obtain sensitive information from a stack trace that could aid in further attacks against the system.

Weakness: CWE-209 (Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-4601?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Rational Quality Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-4601?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-4601 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-4601 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-4601 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Rational Quality Manager

- [CVE-2017-1103](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1103/): XML external entity in Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2017-1738](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1738/): Privilege escalation in Rational Quality Manager (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2019-4602](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4602/): Cross-site scripting in Rational Quality Manager (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2018-1759](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1759/): Cross-site scripting in Rational Quality Manager (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2018-1763](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1763/): Cross-site scripting in Rational Quality Manager (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-4601 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-4601 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Rational Quality Manager, published on 8 Apr 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-4601 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Rational Quality Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4601/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4601/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-4601
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-4601
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-4601

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4601/
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