# CVE-2021-20445: Hardcoded credentials in Maximo for Civil Infrastructure

> Attackers can obtain sensitive authentication credentials due to insecure storage, potentially leading to unauthorized access in IBM Maximo for Civil Infrastructure.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/S:U/C:H/I:N/UI:N/A:N/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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:** 18 Feb 2021
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3598-85vr-8f48

## What is CVE-2021-20445?

CVE-2021-20445 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Maximo for Civil Infrastructure, published on 18 Feb 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM Maximo for Civil Infrastructure 7.6.2 could allow a user to obtain sensitive information due to insecure storeage of authentication credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 196621.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-20445?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Maximo for Civil Infrastructure.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-20445?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-20445 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-20445 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-20445 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Maximo for Civil Infrastructure

- [CVE-2021-20443](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20443/): Supply chain in Maximo for Civil Infrastructure (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2021-20444](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20444/): Cross-site scripting in Maximo for Civil Infrastructure (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2021-20446](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20446/): Cross-site scripting in Maximo for Civil Infrastructure (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-20445 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-20445 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Maximo for Civil Infrastructure, published on 18 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-2021-20445 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Maximo for Civil Infrastructure. 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-2021-20445/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20445/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-20445
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20445
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-20445

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20445/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.