IBM Planning Analytics Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2019-4716)
Severity: critical · Patch status: patched · Since 2021-11-03 · CVE-2019-4716
IBM Planning Analytics is vulnerable to a configuration overwrite that allows an unauthenticated user to login as "admin", and then execute code as root or SYSTEM via TM1 scripting. CISA added CVE-2019-4716 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Nov 3, 2021, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild.
What to do
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- US federal agencies must remediate by May 3, 2022 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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