# CVE-2016-2981: Information disclosure in Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management

> Unauthorized access to user credentials in IBM Jazz Team Server CLM applications allows attackers to read sensitive data.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Mar 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w2c4-g4vc-8hvv

## What is CVE-2016-2981?

CVE-2016-2981 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management, published on 20 Mar 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An undisclosed vulnerability in the CLM applications in IBM Jazz Team Server may allow unauthorized access to user credentials. IBM Reference #: 1999965.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2981?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-2981?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-2981 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-2981 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2981 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management

- [CVE-2014-0862](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0862/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2017-1701](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1701/): Weak cryptography in Rational Team Concert (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-0326](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0326/): Command injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-9707](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9707/): XML external entity in Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2015-7440](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7440/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-2981 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-2981 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management, published on 20 Mar 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2981 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2981/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2981/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2981
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2981
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2981

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2981/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.