# CVE-2022-39038: FLOWRING Agentflow BPM - Broken Access Control

> A remote attacker with general user privileges can change account names to gain arbitrary privileges, access data, or disrupt services in Agentflow BPM.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 10 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 1 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jgxr-2v2p-f979

## What is CVE-2022-39038?

CVE-2022-39038 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in FLOWRING Agentflow BPM, published on 10 Nov 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Agentflow BPM enterprise management system has improper authentication. A remote attacker with general user privilege can change the name of the user account to acquire arbitrary account privilege, and access, manipulate system or disrupt service.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-39038?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Flowring Agentflow.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-39038?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-39038 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-39038 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-39038 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in FLOWRING Agentflow BPM

- [CVE-2025-3709](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3709/): Flowring Technology Agentflow - Account Lockout Bypass (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-39036](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39036/): FLOWRING Agentflow BPM - Arbitrary File Upload (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-2095](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2095/): Flowring｜Agentflow - Authentication Bypass (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2026-2096](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2096/): Flowring｜Agentflow - Missing Authenticaton (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2026-2097](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2097/): Flowring｜Agentflow - Arbitrary File Upload (high 8.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-39038 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-39038 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in FLOWRING Agentflow BPM, published on 10 Nov 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-39038 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: FLOWRING Agentflow BPM. 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-2022-39038/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39038/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-39038
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39038
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-39038

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39038/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.