What is CVE-2019-19756?

CVE-2019-19756 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Xclarity Administrator, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 7.9/10. Published 2020-03-13.

How severe is CVE-2019-19756?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.9 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Lenovo Xclarity Administrator

CVE-2019-19756

An internal product security audit of Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA) discovered Windows OS credentials, used to perform driver updates of managed systems, being written to a log file in clear text. This only affects LXCA version 2.6.0 when performing a Windows driver update. Affected logs are only accessible to authorized users in the First Failure Data Capture (FFDC) service log and log files on LXCA.

Published 2020-03-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.9 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (21.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 21.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Lenovo Xclarity Administrator — versions 2.6.0
Lenovo Xclarity Administrator (Lxca) — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-532 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-29942 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-19756?: CVE-2019-19756 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Xclarity Administrator, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 7.9/10. Published 2020-03-13.
How severe is CVE-2019-19756?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.9 out of 10.