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Vulnerability record · CVE-2019-9873 · published 3 July 2019

CVE-2019-9873: Jetbrains intellij idea cleartext storage of sensitive data vulnerability

Jetbrains · Intellij Idea

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.

9.8 CVSS 3.0 Critical EPSS 1.6% · top 25.4% CWE-312 · Cleartext storage of sensitive dataCWE-522 · Insufficiently protected credentials
9.8CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 5.0
1.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2019/06/19/jetbrains-security-bulletin-q1-2019/ Vendor Advisory
https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2019/06/19/jetbrains-security-bulletin-q1-2019/ Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2019-9873), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-11). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.