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CVE-2019-9823

In several JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA versions, creating remote run configurations of JavaEE...

9.8 Critical

In several JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA versions, creating remote run configurations of JavaEE application servers leads to saving a cleartext record of the server credentials in the IDE configuration files. The issue has been fixed in the following versions: 2018.3.5, 2018.2.8, 2018.1.8.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.57%Up 1.1 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

In several JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA versions, creating remote run configurations of JavaEE application servers leads to saving a cleartext record of the server credentials in the IDE configuration files. The issue has been fixed in the following versions: 2018.3.5, 2018.2.8, 2018.1.8.

Record
CVE-2019-9823
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-312, CWE-522
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

In several JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA versions, creating remote run configurations of JavaEE application servers leads to saving a cleartext record of the server credentials in the IDE configuration files. The issue has been fixed in the following versions: 2018.3.5, 2018.2.8, 2018.1.8.

Record
CVE-2019-9823
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-19185 No score

In several JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA versions, creating remote run configurations of JavaEE application servers leads to saving a cleartext record of the server credentials in the IDE configuration files. The issue has been fixed in the following versions: 2018.3.5, 2018.2.8, 2018.1.8.

Record
EUVD-2019-19185
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-phrp-rghm-28p5 No score

In several JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA versions, creating remote run configurations of JavaEE...

In several JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA versions, creating remote run configurations of JavaEE application servers leads to saving a cleartext record of the server credentials in the IDE configuration files. The issue has been fixed in the following versions: 2018.3.5, 2018.2.8, 2018.1.8.

Record
GHSA-phrp-rghm-28p5
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2019-9823 9.8

In several JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA versions, creating remote run configurations of JavaEE application servers leads to saving a cleartext record of the server credentials in the IDE configuration files. The issue has been fixed in the following versions: 2018.3.5, 2018.2.8, 2018.1.8.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9823
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
intellij-community-idea
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
183.5153.4-2
None known
intellij-community-idea
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
183.5153.4-3183.5153.4-4183.5153.4-4ubuntu1
None known
intellij-community-idea
Ubuntu:25.10
All versions, plus listed versions
183.5153.4-5183.5153.4-6
None known
intellij-community-idea
Ubuntu:26.10
All versions, plus listed versions
183.5153.4-7
None known
intellij-community-idea
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
183.5153.4-6183.5153.4-6ubuntu1183.5153.4-7
None known

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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In short

CVE-2019-9823 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Jetbrains Intellij Idea, published July 3, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.57%, the 75th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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