# CVE-2019-14840: Information disclosure in Business-central

> Attackers can retrieve sensitive credentials from browser auto-complete fields in Red Hat Decision Manager's business-central interface.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Oct 2022
- **Updated:** 13 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g6v5-f3w9-4xx4

## What is CVE-2019-14840?

CVE-2019-14840 is a high-severity vulnerability in Business-central, published on 17 Oct 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A flaw was found in the RHDM, where sensitive HTML form fields like Password has auto-complete enabled which may lead to leak of credentials.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-14840?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Decision Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-14840?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-14840 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-14840 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2019-14840 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Business-central

- [CVE-2019-14841](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14841/): Privilege escalation in Business-central (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-1415](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1415/): Drools: unsafe data deserialization in streamutils (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2020-1748](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-1748/): Incorrect Authorization in WildFly Elytron (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2017-7545](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7545/): XML External Entity Reference in jbpmmigration (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2019-14886](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14886/): Information disclosure in Business-central (medium 4.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-14840 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-14840 is a high-severity vulnerability in Business-central, published on 17 Oct 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2019-14840 exists.

Affected product: Business-central. 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-2019-14840/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14840/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-14840
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14840
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-14840

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14840/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.