CVE-2019-4422 — IBM Security Guardium 9

IBM Security Guardium 9.0, 9.5, and 10.6 are vulnerable to a privilege escalation which could allow an authenticated user to change the accessmgr password. IBM X-Force ID: 162768.

01What is this vulnerability?

IBM Security Guardium 9.0, 9.5, and 10.6 are vulnerable to a privilege escalation which could allow an authenticated user to change the accessmgr password. IBM X-Force ID: 162768.

02Affected products

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-10-03T14:05:17.804Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T18:09:11.611Z

09References

• supportcontent.ibm.com — https://supportcontent.ibm.com/support/pages/node/957491
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com — https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/162768