In several versions of JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, creating Task Servers…
Priority MEDIUM 45CWE-312Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-312.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01564 75th 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-9873
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-647p-m9j5-g64f
References
More JetBrains Intellij Idea vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-24589 Insufficiently protected credentials in JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-46342 In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2026.2 unauthorized settings modification was possible in a Remote Development session CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-46341 In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2026.2 unauthorized input injection was possible in a Remote Development session CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2019-07428 In several JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate versions, an Application Server run… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-06646 In several JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA versions, a Spring Boot run configuration with the… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-09382 In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2020.1, the license server could be resolved to an untrusted host in some cases. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2019-9873 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-9873 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-647p-m9j5-g64f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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