# CVE-2021-20359: Information disclosure in Cloud Pak for Automation

> Unauthorized users can obtain sensitive information stored in log files within the Business Automation Application Designer component.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/UI:N/AC:L/C:H/S:U/PR:L/I:N/A:N/AV:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Feb 2021
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-65mr-xqpw-r9xg

## What is CVE-2021-20359?

CVE-2021-20359 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cloud Pak for Automation, published on 8 Feb 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Cloud Pak for Automation 20.0.3, 20.0.2-IF002 - Business Automation Application Designer Component stores potentially sensitive information in log files that could be obtained by an unauthorized user. IBM X-Force ID: 194966.

Weakness: CWE-532 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-20359?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Cloud Pak for Automation.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-20359?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-20359 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-20359 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-20359 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak for Automation

- [CVE-2021-20482](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20482/): XML external entity in Cloud Pak for Automation (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2021-20358](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20358/): Information disclosure in Cloud Pak for Automation (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2020-4325](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4325/): Denial of service in Automation Workstream Services in Cloud Pak for Automation (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2021-29872](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-29872/): Other in Cloud Pak for Automation (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2021-38966](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38966/): Cross-site scripting in Cloud Pak for Automation (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-20359 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-20359 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cloud Pak for Automation, published on 8 Feb 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-20359 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Cloud Pak for Automation. 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-2021-20359/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20359/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-20359
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20359
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-20359

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20359/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.