# CVE-2021-43049: TIBCO BusinessConnect Container Edition username and password leakage

> An unauthenticated attacker can obtain user credentials from the TIBCO BusinessConnect Container Edition database component via network access.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Feb 2022
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mmjj-2xmr-v64v

## What is CVE-2021-43049?

CVE-2021-43049 is a critical vulnerability in TIBCO BusinessConnect Container Edition, published on 15 Feb 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Database component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO BusinessConnect Container Edition contains an easily exploitable vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to obtain the usernames and passwords of users of the affected system. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO BusinessConnect Container Edition: versions 1.1.0 and below.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-43049?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Tibco Businessconnect.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-43049?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-43049 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-43049 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-43049 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in TIBCO BusinessConnect Container Edition

- [CVE-2021-43050](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-43050/): TIBCO BusinessConnect Container Edition administrative username and passwords leakage (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2022-41567](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41567/): TIBCO BusinessConnect Stored XSS Vulnerability (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2023-26214](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-26214/): TIBCO BusinessConnect Reflected XSS Vulnerability (high 7.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-43049 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-43049 is a critical vulnerability in TIBCO BusinessConnect Container Edition, published on 15 Feb 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-43049 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: TIBCO BusinessConnect Container Edition. 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-2021-43049/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-43049/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-43049
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43049
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-43049

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-43049/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.