CVE-2021-39046 Information disclosure in Business Automation Workflow
An attacker with local access can read user credentials stored in plain text, compromising account security.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-39046?
CVE-2021-39046 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Business Automation Workflow, published on 18 Mar 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Business Automation Workflow 18.0, 19.0, 20.0, and 21.0 and IBM Business Process Manager 8.5 and 8.6 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a lprivileged user. IBM X-Force ID: 214346.
Weakness: CWE-522
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-39046?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ibm Business Automation Workflow, Ibm Business Process Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2021-39046?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-39046 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-39046 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-39046 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-r6rq-vwqp-j4p3.