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CVE-2019-4381· NVD / CVE Program· CNA ibm

IBM i 7.27.3 Clustering could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the use of advanced node failure detection u

IBM i 7.27.3 Clustering could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the use of advanced node failure detection using the REST API to interface with the HMC. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain HMC credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 162159.

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Jun 14, 2019
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.4% · 26th percentile
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Action score

22

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.4%

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
5.5
CNA · ibm
5.9
0.4 point gap

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/I:N/AC:H/UI:N/C:H/PR:N/A:N/S:C/RL:O/RC:C/E:U

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Affected systems

VendorProduct
ibmi

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • ibm i7.2
  • ibm i7.3

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (ibm). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • IBM i

    • 7.27.3affected

Same product

ibm: all records

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-255 · Credentials Management Errors

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

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References

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