CVE-2019-9872 Hardcoded credentials in n/a
Attackers can steal cloud server credentials if users sync IDE settings to public repositories, exposing sensitive authentication data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-9872?
CVE-2019-9872 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jetbrains Intellij Idea, published on 3 Jul 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In several versions of JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, creating run configurations for cloud application servers leads to saving a cleartext unencrypted record of the server credentials in the IDE configuration files. If the Settings Repository plugin was then used and configured to synchronize IDE settings using a public repository, these credentials were published to this repository. The issue has been fixed in the following versions: 2019.1, 2018.3.5, 2018.2.8, and 2018.1.8.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-9872?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Jetbrains Intellij Idea.
How do I fix CVE-2019-9872?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-9872 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-9872 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-9872 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Jetbrains Intellij Idea
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r65c-wpm3-f7g2.