CVE-2019-4252: IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management 6.0 through 6.0.6.1 could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 159883.

Affected products

  • IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management: from 6.0, up to and including 6.0.6.1
  • IBM Rational Doors Next Generation: from 6.0, up to and including 6.0.6.1
  • IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager: from 6.0, up to and including 6.0.6.1
  • IBM Rational Quality Manager: from 6.0, up to and including 6.0.6.1
  • IBM Rational Rhapsody Design Manager: from 6.0, up to and including 6.0.6.1
  • IBM Rational Software Architect Design Manager: from 6.0, up to and including 6.0.1
  • IBM Rational Team Concert: from 6.0, up to and including 6.0.6.1

Published 2019-06-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.