CVE-2019-9872

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate versions prior to 2019.1 JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate version 2018.3 before 2018.3.5 JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate version 2018.2 before 2018.2.8 JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate version 2018.1 before 2018.1.8

Description The issue arises when creating run configurations for cloud application servers in JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, resulting in the storage of server credentials in cleartext within the IDE configuration files. If the Settings Repository plugin is used to synchronize IDE settings via a public repository, these credentials are then published to the repository.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2019.1, update to version 2019.1 or later. For version 2018.3, update to version 2018.3.5 or later. For version 2018.2, update to version 2018.2.8 or later. For version 2018.1, update to version 2018.1.8 or later.