CVE-2021-29753 Information disclosure in Business Automation Workflow
IBM Business Automation Workflow and Process Manager insecurely handle authentication credentials, allowing attackers to intercept or retrieve them for unauthorized access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-29753?
CVE-2021-29753 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Business Automation Workflow, published on 5 Nov 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Business Automation Workflow 18. 19, 20, 21, and IBM Business Process Manager 8.5 and d8.6 transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.
Weakness: CWE-319
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-29753?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ibm Business Automation Workflow, Ibm Business Process Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2021-29753?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-29753 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-29753 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-29753 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Business Automation Workflow
- CVE-2022-43864 IBM Business Automation Workflow information disclosure
- CVE-2025-13096 XML eXternal Entity injection (XXE) vulnerability affect IBM Business Automation Workflow -
- CVE-2019-4424 XML external entity in Business Automation Workflow
- CVE-2021-38893 Cross-site scripting in Business Process Manager Standard
- CVE-2021-29834 Cross-site scripting in Business Automation Workflow
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rggj-vgc7-hj7v.