JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Access Token insufficiently protected credentials

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA, Aqua, CLion, DataGrip, DataSpell, GoLand, MPS, PhpStorm, PyCharm, Rider, RubyMine, RustRover and WebStorm. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Access Token Handler. This manipulation causes insufficiently protected credentials. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-37051. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA, Aqua, CLion, DataGrip, DataSpell, GoLand, MPS, PhpStorm, PyCharm, Rider, RubyMine, RustRover and WebStorm. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Access Token Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-522. The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

GitHub access token could be exposed to third-party sites in JetBrains IDEs after version 2023.1 and less than: IntelliJ IDEA 2023.1.7, 2023.2.7, 2023.3.7, 2024.1.3, 2024.2 EAP3; Aqua 2024.1.2; CLion 2023.1.7, 2023.2.4, 2023.3.5, 2024.1.3, 2024.2 EAP2; DataGrip 2023.1.3, 2023.2.4, 2023.3.5, 2024.1.4; DataSpell 2023.1.6, 2023.2.7, 2023.3.6, 2024.1.2, 2024.2 EAP1; GoLand 2023.1.6, 2023.2.7, 2023.3.7, 2024.1.3, 2024.2 EAP3; MPS 2023.2.1, 2023.3.1, 2024.1 EAP2; PhpStorm 2023.1.6, 2023.2.6, 2023.3.7, 2024.1.3, 2024.2 EAP3; PyCharm 2023.1.6, 2023.2.7, 2023.3.6, 2024.1.3, 2024.2 EAP2; Rider 2023.1.7, 2023.2.5, 2023.3.6, 2024.1.3; RubyMine 2023.1.7, 2023.2.7, 2023.3.7, 2024.1.3, 2024.2 EAP4; RustRover 2024.1.1; WebStorm 2023.1.6, 2023.2.7, 2023.3.7, 2024.1.4

It is possible to read the advisory at jetbrains.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-37051 since 05/31/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. 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.

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Type

• Programming Language Software

Vendor

• JetBrains

Name

• Aqua
• CLion
• DataGrip
• DataSpell
• GoLand
• IntelliJ IDEA
• MPS
• PhpStorm
• PyCharm
• Rider
• RubyMine
• RustRover
• WebStorm

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• free

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