CVE-2019-4521
Platform System Manager in IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3 is potentially vulnerable to CVS Injection. A...
Platform System Manager in IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3 is potentially vulnerable to CVS Injection. A remote attacker could execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper validation of csv file contents. IBM X-Force ID: 165179.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Platform System Manager in IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3 is potentially vulnerable to CVS Injection. A remote attacker could execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper validation of csv file contents. IBM X-Force ID: 165179.
- Record
CVE-2019-4521- CVSS 3.0
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.0/UI:R/PR:N/C:H/S:U/AC:H/A:H/AV:L/I:H/RL:O/E:U/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-14128
Platform System Manager in IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3 is potentially vulnerable to CVS Injection. A remote attacker could execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper validation of csv file contents. IBM X-Force ID: 165179.
- Record
EUVD-2019-14128- CVSS 3.0
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.0/UI:R/PR:N/C:H/S:U/AC:H/A:H/AV:L/I:H/RL:O/E:U/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hp2p-gr52-7qp5 No score
Platform System Manager in IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3 is potentially vulnerable to CVS Injection. A...
Platform System Manager in IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3 is potentially vulnerable to CVS Injection. A remote attacker could execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper validation of csv file contents. IBM X-Force ID: 165179.
- Record
GHSA-hp2p-gr52-7qp5- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Platform System Manager in IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3 is potentially vulnerable to CVS Injection. A remote attacker could execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper validation of csv file contents. IBM X-Force ID: 165179.
- Record
CVE-2019-4521- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-1236
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-4521 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) in Ibm Cloud Pak System, published December 10, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.61%, the 85th percentile. No source names a fixed version.