CVE-2019-4621 Hardcoded credentials in DataPower Gateway

What is CVE-2019-4621?

CVE-2019-4621 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Datapower Gateway, published on 9 Dec 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM DataPower Gateway 7.6.0.0-7 throug 6.0.14 and 2018.4.1.0 through 2018.4.1.5 have a default administrator account that is enabled if the IPMI LAN channel is enabled. A remote attacker could use this account to gain unauthorised access to the BMC. IBM X-Force ID: 168883.

Weakness: CWE-1188

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-4621?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Datapower Gateway.

How do I fix CVE-2019-4621?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-4621 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-4621 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-4621 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Datapower Gateway

• CVE-2026-14269 IBM DataPower Gateway Buffer Overflow Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-14502 IBM DataPower Gateway Improper Authentication Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-14991 IBM DataPower Gateway Out-of-bounds Write Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-14992 IBM DataPower Gateway Out-of-bounds Write Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-15762 IBM DataPower Gateway Out-of-bounds Write Critical 9.8

All Ibm Datapower Gateway vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-3r7q-rhw3-rmxq.