A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in JetBrains PyCharm 2019.2.5/2019.3 on Windows. This affects an unknown code block of the component Apple Notarization Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability (Credentials). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-522. The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

In JetBrains PyCharm 2019.2.5 and 2019.3 on Windows, Apple Notarization Service credentials were included. This is fixed in 2019.2.6 and 2019.3.3.

The weakness was shared 04/10/2020. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-11694 since 04/10/2020. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1552 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• PyCharm

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• 2019.2.5
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