Improper Authentication in RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle - CVE-2019-18572
Published: December 18, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU34954
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-18572
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle and RSA Via Lifecycle and Governance products prior to 7.1.1 P03 contain an Improper Authentication vulnerability. A Java JMX agent running on the remote host is configured with plain text password authentication. An unauthenticated remote attacker can connect to the JMX agent and monitor and manage the Java application.
Affected software
RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle
How to mitigate CVE-2019-18572
Install update from vendor's website.