What is CVE-2019-18361?

CVE-2019-18361 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jetbrains Intellij Idea. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-10-31.

How severe is CVE-2019-18361?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Jetbrains Intellij Idea

CVE-2019-18361

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

Published 2019-10-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (28.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 28.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jetbrains Intellij Idea

References

blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2019/10/29/jetbrains-security-bulletin-q3-2019/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-18361?: CVE-2019-18361 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jetbrains Intellij Idea. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-10-31.
How severe is CVE-2019-18361?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.