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CVE-2019-18361

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-10-31 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2019.2 allows local user privilege escalation, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

• JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA: before 2019.2 — fixed in 2019.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA 2019.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2019/10/29/jetbrains-security-bulletin-q3-2019/
• https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2019/10/29/jetbrains-security-bulletin-q3-2019/

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