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TI-2019-03226 Aliases CVE-2019-4340GHSA-9vrq-qprh-6wvg

XML external entity injection in IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-611Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · Low
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence 4.0 (SonarG) is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 161419.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02427 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
IBMSecurity Guardium Big Data Intelligence4.0—No fix listedCNA
  • Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence VendorIBM Affected 4.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_guardium_big_data_intelligence:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableIBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_guardium_big_data_intelligence:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·IBM

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-4340
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9vrq-qprh-6wvg

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2018-01268 Missing brute-force protection in IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-01267 IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence (SonarG) 3.1 does not require that users… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-03208 Missing brute-force protection in IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2018-01270 Session fixation in IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-03224 Resource allocation without limits in IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-03225 IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence (SonarG) 4.0 uses weaker than expected… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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