# CVE-2021-38179: Information disclosure in SAP Business One

> An admin user can view captured packet contents including credentials due to a debug function enabled by default in the SAP Business One Integration Admin UI.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Oct 2021
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mm38-6jpm-jfc4

## What is CVE-2021-38179?

CVE-2021-38179 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Business One, published on 12 Oct 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Debug function of Admin UI of SAP Business One Integration is enabled by default. This allows Admin User to see the captured packet contents which may include User credentials.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-38179?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Business One.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-38179?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-38179 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-38179 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38179 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP Business One

- [CVE-2021-33698](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-33698/): File upload in SAP Business One (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2021-38180](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38180/): Code injection in SAP Business One (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-31403](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31403/): Improper Access Control vulnerability in SAP Business One product installation (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2016-6256](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6256/): XML external entity in n/a (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2022-31593](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31593/): Code injection in SAP Business One (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-38179 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-38179 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Business One, published on 12 Oct 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38179 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP Business One. 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-2021-38179/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38179/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38179
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38179
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38179

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38179/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.