CVE-2019-3740 — Observable Discrepancy in Dell Bsafe Cert-j

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

• Documented patch — www.oracle.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
• Documented patch — www.oracle.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
• Documented patch — www.oracle.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
• Documented patch — www.oracle.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
• Documented patch — www.oracle.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
• Documented patch — www.oracle.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

1. Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Dell Bsafe Cert-j, Dell Bsafe Crypto-j, Dell Bsafe Ssl-j…).
2. The attack is network-based and needs no privileges: restrict exposure (ACLs, VPN, WAF) until patched.
3. Apply the fixed version or the patch documented under Remediation.
4. Exploitation requires user interaction: tighten email/web filtering and warn affected users.
5. EPSS ahead of 90% of scored CVEs: prioritize it in the patch queue.
6. Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (info disclosure), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-203 · Observable Discrepancy

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 · 2 reading(s) · max 3.89%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

• Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
• Look for anomalous data read/export volumes and access to sensitive records.

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

• 2026
• Affected products added · dell/rsa bsafe crypto-j
  Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• SSVC assessment updated
  Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• Record published
  Oct 13, 2026
• Fix documented
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• CVSS changed · 6.5
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Source status changed · → Modified
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Record created in this database
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• 2019
• CVE published
  Sep 18, 2019 · dell

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

• 1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

7 on the record

• www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
  Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
  Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
  Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
  Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
  Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
  Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.dell.com/support/security/en-us/details/DOC-106556/DSA-2019-094-RSA-BSAFE&
  x_refsource_MISC, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

Related CVEs (same products)

• Critical CVE-2026-46858 Improper Access Control in Oracle Application Performance Management Jun 17, 2026
• High CVE-2026-46848 Improper Access Control in Oracle Weblogic Server Jun 17, 2026
• High CVE-2026-35311 Improper Access Control in Oracle Weblogic Server Jun 17, 2026
• High CVE-2026-35302 Open Redirect in Oracle Weblogic Server Jun 17, 2026
• Critical CVE-2026-35300 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Oracle Weblogic Server Jun 17, 2026
• High CVE-2026-35303 Missing Authentication for Critical Function in Oracle Weblogic Server Jun 17, 2026

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

• No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
• No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
• No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2019-3740 is "Observable Discrepancy in Dell Bsafe Cert-j", rated Medium. It affects Bsafe Cert-j (Dell); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 6.5 describes technical severity. EPSS 3.89% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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