# CVE-2019-4617: Auth bypass in Cloud Automation Manager

> Attackers can hijack user sessions in IBM Cloud Automation Manager due to lack of session renewal after authentication, leading to account takeover.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.0/AC:L/PR:N/AV:L/A:L/I:L/UI:N/C:L/S:U/E:U/RC:C/RL:O`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Mar 2020
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m77c-cx52-66gq

## What is CVE-2019-4617?

CVE-2019-4617 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in IBM Cloud Automation Manager, published on 16 Mar 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Cloud Automation Manager 3.2.1.0 does not renew a session variable after a successful authentication which could lead to session fixation/hijacking vulnerability. This could force a user to utilize a cookie that may be known to an attacker. IBM X-Force ID: 168645.

Weakness: CWE-384 (Session Fixation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-4617?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Cloud Automation Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-4617?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-4617 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-4617 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-4617 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Automation Manager

- [CVE-2019-4133](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4133/): Code injection in Cloud Automation Manager (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2019-4616](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4616/): Information disclosure in Cloud Automation Manager (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2019-4132](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4132/): Open redirect in Cloud Automation Manager (medium 4.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-4617 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-4617 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in IBM Cloud Automation Manager, published on 16 Mar 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-4617 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Cloud Automation 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-2019-4617/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4617/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-4617
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-4617
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-4617

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-4617/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.