CVE-2019-9873
In several versions of JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, creating Task Servers configurations...
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.
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
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2019-9873- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV: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 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.
- Record
CVE-2019-9873- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-19229 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2019-19229- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-647p-m9j5-g64f No score
In several versions of JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, creating Task Servers configurations...
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.
- Record
GHSA-647p-m9j5-g64f- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2019-9873
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.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9873- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS: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
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
intellij-community-ideaUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 183.5153.4-2 |
None known |
intellij-community-ideaUbuntu:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 183.5153.4-3183.5153.4-4183.5153.4-4ubuntu1 |
None known |
intellij-community-ideaUbuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 183.5153.4-5183.5153.4-6 |
None known |
intellij-community-ideaUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 183.5153.4-7 |
None known |
intellij-community-ideaUbuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 183.5153.4-6183.5153.4-6ubuntu1183.5153.4-7 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-9873 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 1.56%, the 75th percentile. No source names a fixed version.