Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This flaw can expose a user’s login session in a URL in affected RSA identity governance products. If an attacker obtains that session token, they may act as that user inside the application. Because identity governance systems control sensitive access workflows, compromised sessions can create serious business risk.
Executive priority
Treat this as high priority if the organization uses affected RSA identity governance products. The issue can enable account-level action inside a sensitive access management platform, but available sources do not establish active exploitation.
Technical view
CVE-2019-18573 is a session fixation / token exposure issue mapped to CWE-598. RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle and RSA Via Lifecycle and Governance before 7.1.1 P03 expose the session token in the URL. The CVSS 3.0 score is 8.7, with low attack complexity, required privileges, and required user interaction.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to organizations running affected RSA identity governance products before 7.1.1 P03. Risk is higher where URLs may be captured in browser history, logs, monitoring tools, referrers, tickets, or shared screenshots.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or cited evidence of active exploitation. The described scenario requires an authenticated attacker and victim interaction, after which a remote attacker may use a compromised session with the victim’s privileges.
Researcher notes
The public details are sparse. Validate scope against the RSA advisory and local deployment records. Focus assessment on URL-based token exposure, session handling, log retention, and whether older versions remain reachable by users or administrators.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade affected products to 7.1.1 P03 or later where applicable.
- Review RSA/Dell advisory guidance for product-specific remediation details.
- Avoid sharing URLs from authenticated sessions in tickets or chats.
- Restrict access to logs that may contain authenticated application URLs.
- Invalidate active sessions after patching or suspected token exposure.
Validation and detection
- Inventory RSA Identity Governance deployments and record exact versions.
- Confirm whether RSA Via Lifecycle and Governance is present.
- Verify installed builds are 7.1.1 P03 or later.
- Review logs for session tokens appearing in URLs.
- Check access logs for unusual session reuse or privilege activity.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 8.7 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N2.35.8Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
8.7HighVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://community.rsa.com/docs/DOC-109310CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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Use of HTTP Request With Sensitive Query String
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