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 c…

published 2022-03-18 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-25483

cvss: 4.9; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 60%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

links 1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/6564387 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	4.9	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
NVD	3.1	4.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA	3.0	4.9	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

IBM Business Automation Workflow
IBM Business Process Manager

Classification

Weakness

CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/6564387
patch, vendor-advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/214346
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-39046
NVD CVE-2021-39046

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