CVE-2019-4473: IBM Java

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Multiple binaries in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 7, 7R, and 8 on the AIX platform use insecure absolute RPATHs, which may facilitate code injection and privilege elevation by local users. IBM X-Force ID: 163984.

Affected products

• IBM Java: version 7.0.0.0 only; version 7.1.4.50 only; version 8.0 only

Published 2019-08-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.