Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
RSA Archer before 6.6 P2 could allow administrator-created accounts to exist with insufficient credentials. If such an account exists, an unauthenticated attacker could use it to access Archer without authorization. Because Archer often supports governance, risk, and compliance workflows, unauthorized access could expose or alter sensitive business risk data.
Executive priority
Prioritize remediation for any pre-6.6 P2 Archer system that is internet-accessible or widely reachable internally. The issue can affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability of GRC data, but the provided evidence does not establish active exploitation.
Technical view
CVE-2019-3758 is an improper authentication issue, mapped to CWE-288, affecting RSA Archer versions prior to 6.6 P2 (6.6.0.2). The CVSS 3.0 score is 8.1 with network attack vector, no privileges, no user interaction, high complexity, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to RSA Archer deployments running versions earlier than 6.6 P2 (6.6.0.2), particularly instances reachable over a network. Risk depends on whether vulnerable account-creation behavior produced accounts with insufficient credentials.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not show CISA KEV status or cited evidence of active exploitation. The CVSS vector indicates exploitation is network-reachable and unauthenticated, but high complexity. Treat internet-accessible or broadly reachable Archer systems as higher priority.
Researcher notes
Validation should focus on version confirmation and account-state review, not exploit reproduction. The source bundle does not provide technical root-cause details, proof-of-concept material, or vendor mitigation specifics beyond the fixed-version boundary implied by the affected range.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade RSA Archer to 6.6 P2 (6.6.0.2) or later.
- Review the RSA advisory for vendor-specific remediation guidance.
- Audit administrator-created accounts for insufficient or abnormal credential state.
- Disable or correct accounts that do not meet authentication requirements.
- Restrict network access to Archer while remediation is pending.
Validation and detection
- Inventory RSA Archer instances and confirm exact installed versions.
- Verify no production instance is earlier than 6.6 P2 (6.6.0.2).
- Review account records created by sysadmins for weak or incomplete credentials.
- Confirm authentication policy prevents accounts with insufficient credentials.
- Check Archer access logs for unexpected use of suspect accounts.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 8.1 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H2.25.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
8.1HighVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://community.rsa.com/docs/DOC-106759CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
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