01 Record
CVE-2021-39046
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
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: ibm
CNA base score4.9 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/I:N/PR:H/AC:L/S:U/AV:N/A:N/UI:N/C:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.92% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 60.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2022-03-18 15:40Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 22:02Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-08-16
- Assigning CNA
- ibm
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 4.9)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/I:N/PR:H/AC:L/S:U/AV:N/A:N/UI:N/C:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-522Insufficiently Protected CredentialsClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 86ca4777b23a29485fcfe3cecc690e1d1d1dcb0bd7b73c0cda8a508068da9b6a
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
IBMBusiness Automation Workflow18.0.0.0, 18.0.0.1, 18.0.0.2, 19.0.0.1, 19.0.0.2, 19.0.0.3, 20.0.0.1, 20.0.0.2, 21.0.2, 21.0.3—
06 References
- www.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6564387
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-baw-cve202139046-info-disc (214346)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/214346