CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-7043

Password in Configuration File

Published: May 15, 2019 | Modified: Feb 12, 2023
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

It has been reported that KIE server and Busitess Central before version 7.21.0.Final contain username and password as plaintext Java properties. Any app deployed on the same server would have access to these properties, thus granting access to ther services.

Weakness

The product stores a password in a configuration file that might be accessible to actors who do not know the password.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Kie-server Redhat * *

Potential Mitigations

References