What is CVE-2019-11898?

CVE-2019-11898 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Bosch Access, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.9/10. Published 2019-09-12.

How severe is CVE-2019-11898?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Bosch Access

CVE-2019-11898

Unauthorized APE administration privileges can be achieved by reverse engineering one of the APE service tools. The service tool is discontinued with Bosch Access Professional Edition (APE) 3.8.

Published 2019-09-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.9 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Bosch Access
Bosch Access Professional Edition — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

psirt.bosch.com/Advisory/BOSCH-SA-710832.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-11898?: CVE-2019-11898 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Bosch Access, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.9/10. Published 2019-09-12.
How severe is CVE-2019-11898?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.9 out of 10.