9.8

CVE-2019-9873: jetbrains intellij_idea

CVSS: 9.8v3.0CriticalModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2019-9873
Published 03-07-2019Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-9873 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in jetbrains intellij_idea. EPSS estimates a 1.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.56%
0%100%
Low · +0.19 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 03-07-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In several versions of JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, creating Task Servers configurations leads to saving a cleartext unencrypted record of the server credentials in the IDE configuration files. The issue has been fixed in the following versions: 2019.1, 2018.3.5, 2018.2.8, and 2018.1.8.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.56%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

75%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.19 pp

From 1.37% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.56%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Jetbrains1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • intellij-community-ideaAll versions (No fix recorded)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

3 links